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Genuine Chocolate Flavor Syrup
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- Critical
Allergens
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Feb 2025
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
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.
Phosphoric acidMinor concernAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some 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.
Ingredients
- Emulsifier1.4%No flag
- Mono- and DIGLYCERIDES · E4710.7%No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E4350.7%No flag
- Artificial flavouring0.7%No flag
- Preservative0.4%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2110.2%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
- Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
- Phosphoric acid · E338<0.1%Low
Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
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HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, WATER, CORN SYRUP, COCOA, EMULSIFIER (MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, PRESERVATIVE (SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE), SALT, XANTHAN GUM, PHOSPHORIC ACID.
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.
- Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Corn SyrupLow concern
- High Fructose Corn SyrupLow concern
- SugarLow concern
1 of 6 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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