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Garlic Bread
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Garlic Bread

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Sodium benzoate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Bread51.6%No flag
  • Whole wheat flour51.6%No flag
  • Water24.2%No flag›
  • Flour12.1%No flag›
  • Wheat flour6.1%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3753%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.8%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
  • Wheat gluten6.1%No flag›
  • Yeast3%No flag›
  • Palm oil1.5%No flag›
  • Sugar0.8%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Soya flour0.2%No flag›
  • Malt<0.1%No flag›
  • Enzyme<0.1%No flag›
  • Ascorbic acid · E300<0.1%No flag
  • Soya oil<0.1%No flag›
  • CornmealNo flag
  • SpreadNo flag
  • Natural oil blendNo flag
  • Soya beanNo flag›
  • Palm fruitNo flag
  • Extra virgin olive and canolaNo flag
  • WaterNo flag›
  • GarlicNo flag›
  • Sweet cream buttermilkNo flag›
  • Contains 2% and less ofNo flag
  • OnionNo flag›
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • To protect qualityNo flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouringNo flag
  • SpiceNo flag›
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • E160aiNo flag
  • ColourNo flag
  • Lactic acid · E270No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
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Bread: whole wheat flour, water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat gluten, yeast, palm oil, sugar, salt, soy flour, malt, enzymes, ascorbic acid, soybean oil, corn meal. spread: natural oil blend (soybean, palm fruit, extra virgin olive and/or canola), water, garlic, sweet cream buttermilk, contains 2% or less of: onion powder, salt, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (to protect quality), natural and artificial flavor, spice, vitamin a palmitate, beta carotene (for color), lactic acid, citric acid.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 2 moderate · 2 low · 11 not assessed

11 of 16 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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