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All Butter Scones
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All Butter Scones

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Mar 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. DiphosphatesMinor 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Wheat flour55%No flag›
  • Wheat flour28.5%No flag›
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i13.3%No flag
  • Iron6.6%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3753.3%No flag
  • Thiamin3.3%No flag›
  • Buttermilk22.5%No flag›
  • Unsalted butter11.3%No flag
  • Sugar3.3%No flag›
  • Cornish clotted cream3.3%No flag
  • Humectant2.4%No flag
  • Vegetable glycerol2.4%No flag
  • Raising agents1.2%No flag
  • Disodium diphosphate · E450i0.6%No flag
  • E500ii0.6%No flag
  • Rice starch0.6%No flag›
  • Free range egg0.3%No flag
  • Grape juice0.3%No flag
  • Diphosphates (E450)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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Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), buttermilk, unsalted butter (milk) (12%), sugar, Cornish clotted cream (milk), humectant (vegetable glycerol), raising agents (disodium diphosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), rice starch, pasteurised free range egg, grape juice

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Mar 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • DiphosphatesInorganic 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

2 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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