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World's Finest Chocolate Inc.Snacks · 0043268800937

Cordial cherries

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Soy

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

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Allura red ACHigh 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Sulphur dioxideModerate concernSulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.
    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

  • Sugar57.1%No flag›
  • Milk chocolate21.4%No flag
  • Sugar10.7%No flag›
  • Cocoa butter5.4%No flag›
  • Milk2.7%No flag›
  • Chocolate1.3%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin0.7%No flag›
  • Emulsifier0.7%No flag
  • Pgpr · E4760.3%No flag
  • Emulsifier0.3%No flag
  • Vanillin0.3%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Cherry10.7%No flag›
  • Cherry5.4%No flag›
  • High fructose corn syrup2.7%No flag›
  • Corn syrup1.3%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3300.7%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Fd&c red 40 · E1290.2%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

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

  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Sulfur dioxide · E220<0.1%Moderate

    Sulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.

  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Corn syrup5.4%No flag›
  • Dark coating2.7%No flag
  • Sugar1.3%No flag›
  • Soya bean0.7%No flag›
  • Cottonseed oils0.3%No flag›
  • Cocoa0.2%No flag›
  • Chocolate<0.1%No flag›
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Emulsifier<0.1%No flag
  • Invertase · E11031.3%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring1.3%No flag
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Sugar, milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, chocolate, soy lecithin [emulsifier], pgpr [emulsifier], vanillin [artificial flavor]), cherries (cherries, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, citric acid, natural & artificial flavor, fd&c red 40, potassium sorbate [preservative], sodium benzoate [preservative], sulfur dioxide [preservative]), corn syrup, dark coating (sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, cocoa, chocolate, soy lecithin [emulsifier]), invertase, artificial flavor.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Soy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
  • Sulphur dioxideSulphite preservative; can trigger asthma/allergic-type reactions, especially in asthmatics.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 3 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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