Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy, Sulphites, Tree nuts.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Toffee almond cookies
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
- Sulphites
- Tree nuts
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.
Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- 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 phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- 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
- Heath toffee pieces23.4%No flag
- Milk chocolate11.7%No flag
- Skimmed milk0.7%No flag
- Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Dairy butter1.5%No flag
- Contains 2% and less of0.4%No flag
- Artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
- Palm oil shortening5.9%No flag
- Niacin · E3750.2%No flag
- Riboflavin · E101<0.1%No flag
- Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Raising agentNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
- Caramel color · E150aNo flag
- Caramel color · E150aNo flag
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate
Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Calcium phosphates (E341)Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Show original label text
Wheat flour, heath toffee pieces [milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, nonfat milk, milk fat, lactose, salt, soy lecithin, vanillin, artificial flavor), sugar, palm oil, dairy butter (milk), almonds (roasted in cocoa butter and/or sunflower oil), contains 2% or less of: salt, artificial flavor, soy lecithin], brown sugar, palm oil shortening, sugar cane syrup, sugar, eggs enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), almonds, soybean oil, butter [cream (milk), natural flavors], food starch-modified, natural and artificial flavor, salt, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), caramel color (caramel color (contains sulfites)].
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
8 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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