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Baking Decorations · 0011225120053

Very violet buttercream decorating icing

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Egg

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. ErythrosineModerate concernIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
    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.
  2. Brilliant blue FCFModerate concernSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
    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.
  3. Polysorbate 80Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Sugar55%No flag›
  • Fat22.5%No flag
  • Palm oil11.3%No flag›
  • Canola oil5.6%No flag›
  • Vegetable mono- and diglycerides2.8%No flag
  • Polysorbate 80 · E4332.8%Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Water11.3%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring2.5%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Meringue0.2%No flag
  • Corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Egg white<0.1%No flag›
  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Gum arabic · E414<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum sulfate · E521No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Cream of tartar · E336iNo flag
  • VanillinNo flag›
  • Red 3 · E1270.2%Moderate

    Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.

  • Blue 1 · E1330.2%Moderate

    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.

  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E4357.9%No flag
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Sugar, shortening (palm oil, canola oil, vegetable mono and di-glycerides, polysorbate 80), water, artificial flavors, salt, meringue powder (corn starch, egg white, sugar, gum arabic, sodium aluminum sulfate, citric acid, cream of tartar, vanillin), red 3, blue 1, potassium sorbate and polysorbate 60.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Egg.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
  • Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
  • Polysorbate 80Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 1 low

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