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SweetworkSnacks · 0089669054036

Gumballs

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Indigotine / indigo carmine).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Indigotine / indigo carmineModerate concernSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Sugar54.5%No flag›
  • Dextrose22.7%No flag›
  • Corn syrup11.4%No flag›
  • Gum base5.7%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring2.5%No flag
  • Glycerin · E4221.6%No flag
  • Resinous glaze0.8%No flag
  • Confectioner's glaze0.8%No flag
  • Tapioca dextrin0.4%No flag
  • Carnauba wax · E9030.2%No flag
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Blue 2 · E132<0.1%Moderate

    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.

  • Bht · E321<0.1%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
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Sugar, dextrose, corn syrup, gum base (soy), natural and artificial flavors, glycerin, resinous glaze (confectioner's glaze), tapioca dextrin, carnauba wax, colors (blue 2), bht (to maintain freshness).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Indigotine / indigo carmineSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported.
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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3 low

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