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Victorian brittle milk chocolate and toffee

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • 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.

  1. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Moderate concernAntioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
    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. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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

  • Milk chocolate57.1%No flag
  • Sugar29.8%No flag›
  • Cocoa paste13.7%No flag
  • Cocoa butter6.8%No flag›
  • Whole milk3.4%No flag
  • Soya lecithin1.7%No flag›
  • An emulsifier1.7%No flag
  • Vanilla1.7%No flag›
  • Sugar21.4%No flag›
  • Butter10.7%No flag›
  • Almonds5.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Bha · E3200.3%Moderate

    Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).

  • Bht · E3214.7%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • To preserve freshness4.7%No flag
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Pure milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, whole milk, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], vanilla), sugar, butter, almonds, salt, bha & bht (to preserve freshness).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy, Tree nuts.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)Antioxidant; classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans (animal forestomach tumours).
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 1 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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