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Sugar Wafers, Vanilla
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Sugar Wafers, Vanilla

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 18 Jul 2019

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions 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.
  2. Sunset yellow FCFHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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›
  • Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil shortening22.5%No flag
  • Soya oil22.5%No flag›
  • Dextrose11.3%No flag›
  • Wheat flour5.6%No flag›
  • Wheat flour2.8%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3751.4%No flag
  • Reduced iron0.7%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.2%No flag
  • Folic acid0.2%No flag›
  • Contains two percent and less of2.8%No flag
  • Corn starch2.8%No flag›
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Colour0.2%No flag
  • Fd&c yellow #5 · E102<0.1%High

    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.

  • Yellow #6 · E110<0.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • E500ii0.2%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Soya lecithin2.1%No flag›
  • An emulsifier2.1%No flag
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Sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil shortening* (soybean oil), dextrose, enriched bleached wheat flour** (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid), contains two percent or less of: cornstarch, salt, artificial colors (fd&c yellow #5, yellow #6), sodium bicarbonate, artificial flavors and soy lecithin* (an emulsifier).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 18 Jul 2019

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 2 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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