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Vegemite
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Vegemite

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Nov 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Yeast extract68.5%No flag›
  • Barley43.5%No flag›
  • Wheat25%No flag›
  • Salt4.1%No flag›
  • Mineral4.1%No flag
  • Salt4.1%No flag›
  • 5084.1%No flag
  • Malt extract4.1%No flag›
  • Barley malt extract4.1%No flag
  • Colour4.1%No flag
  • 150c4.1%No flag
  • Flavouring2.5%No flag
  • Niacin thamine2.5%No flag
  • Riboflavin · E1012.5%No flag
  • Folate2.5%No flag›
  • Wheat2.5%No flag›
  • Gluten2.5%No flag›
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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YEAST EXTRACT (BARLEY AND WHEAT), SALT, MINERAL SALT (508), MALT EXTRACT (BARLEY), COLOUR (150c), FLAVOURS, NIACIN THAMINE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLATE. _WHEAT_, _GLUTEN_

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 27 Nov 2025

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 5 not assessed

5 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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Where this product data comes from

How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

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