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Snacks · 0011225072925

White cake mix, white

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

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 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.
  2. Calcium phosphatesMinor 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

  • Flour52.9%No flag›
  • Wheat flour27%No flag›
  • Niacin · E37513%No flag
  • Iron6.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate3.2%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.6%No flag
  • Folic acid1.6%No flag›
  • Sugar20.2%No flag›
  • Animal13.4%No flag
  • Vegetable fat6.7%No flag
  • Contains one and more of the following3.4%No flag
  • Beef fat3.4%No flag›
  • Tallow1.7%No flag›
  • Soybean oil with emulsifier0.8%No flag
  • Propylene glycol monoesters0.4%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.2%No flag
  • Lecithin · E322i0.2%No flag
  • Preservative0.8%No flag
  • Bht · E3210.4%Moderate

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

  • Citric acid · E3300.4%No flag
  • Wheat starch3.4%No flag›
  • Dextrose1.7%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of each of the following0.8%No flag
  • Raising agent0.4%No flag
  • E500ii0.4%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.4%No flag
  • E341ii0.2%No flag
  • Aluminum sulfate · E5200.1%No flag
  • Skimmed milk<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Lecithin · E322iNo flag
  • MaltodextrinNo flag›
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)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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Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, animal and vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: beef fat, tallow, soybean oil with emulsifier [propylene glycol monoesters, mono - and diglycerides, lecithin] and preservative [bht, citric acid]), wheat starch, dextrose. contains 2% or less of each of the following: leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, aluminum sulfate), nonfat milk, salt, modified corn starch, artificial flavor, guar gum, lecithin, maltodextrin.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
  • Calcium phosphatesInorganic 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

4 low · 3 not assessed

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