Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Feb 2026
Taro bread
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Feb 2026
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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.
Calcium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- 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.
Ingredients
- Bread52.5%No flag
- Fortified wheat flour52.5%No flag
- Niacin · E37526.8%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1013.2%No flag
- Palm fat3.6%No flag
- Bread base1.8%No flag
- Whole eggs0.9%No flag
- Milk powder0.4%No flag
- Beached wheat flour enriched<0.1%No flag
- Niacin · E375<0.1%No flag
- Riboflavin · E101No flag
- Taro flavorNo flag
- Calcium propionate · E282Low
Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Vanilla flavouringNo flag
- Butter flavouringNo flag
- Egg shade colorNo flag
- Fd&c yellow noNo flag
- Fd&c yellow noNo flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Fd&c no 40No flag
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Bread flour (enriched wheat flour bleached [flour niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), water, taro, sugar, palm shortening, bread base, whole eggs, milk powder, butter, margarine, enriched flour (beached wheat flour enriched, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yeast, rice flour, salt, taro flavor, calcium propionate, sodium benzoate, vanilla flavor, butter flavor, egg shade color (fd&c yellow no. 5, fd&c yellow no. 6, citric acid, sodium benzoate, fd&c no 40)
Alerts
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
6 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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