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Ube Spread
Trader Joe'sBreakfasts · 00743143

Ube Spread

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Carrageenan).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 1 Oct 2023

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. CarrageenanMinor concernDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
    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

  • Ube puree53.8%No flag
  • Purple yam puree27.9%No flag
  • Sugar13%No flag›
  • Lactic acid · E2706.5%No flag
  • Water6.5%No flag›
  • Cane sugar19.5%No flag›
  • Butter13.4%No flag›
  • Cream6.7%No flag›
  • Salt6.7%No flag›
  • Cream6.7%No flag›
  • Coconut cream3.3%No flag
  • Tapioca syrup1.7%No flag
  • Water0.8%No flag›
  • Sea salt0.4%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Cultured dextrose0.1%No flag›
  • Carrageenan · E407<0.1%Low

    Degraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

  • Vegetable juice<0.1%No flag›
  • Colour<0.1%No flag
  • Locust bean gum · E410<0.1%No flag
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UBE PUREE (PURPLE YAM PUREE, SUGAR, LACTIC ACID, WATER), CANE SUGAR, BUTTER (CREAM [MILK], SALT), CREAM, COCONUT CREAM, TAPIOCA SYRUP, WATER, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, CULTURED DEXTROSE, CARRAGEENAN, VEGETABLE JUICE (FOR COLOR), LOCUST BEAN GUM

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 1 Oct 2023

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 7 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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