Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy, Tree nuts.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 28 Jun 2025
Pumpkin Bars With Walnuts
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
- Tree nuts
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 28 Jun 2025
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 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
- Icing sugar5.9%No flag
- Cream cheese0.2%No flag
- Xanthan · E415<0.1%No flag
- Guar gums · E412No flag
- PalmNo flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- Mixed tocopherols · E306No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E300No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Artificial flavouringNo flag
- E160aiNo flag
- Baking powderNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- Sodium aluminum sulfate · E521No flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
- E500iiNo flag
- 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.
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pumpkin, bleached wheat flour, sugar, powdered sugar, corn starch, soybean oil, walnuts, eggs, cream cheese, milk, cream, salt, xanthan, carob bean and/or guar gums, margarine (vegetable oil (canola, cottonseed, and/or soybean oils), palm and palm kernel oils, water, salt, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate, mono - and diglycerides, mixed tocopherols, ascorbic acid, citric acid, artificial flavor, vitamin palmitate, beta carotene), baking powder (corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), cinnamon, sodium bicarbonate, salt
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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 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
What drives this
- SugarLow concern
- Corn StarchLow concern
- SaltLow concern
10 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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