Gluten & Dairy Free Baked Chewy Bars
Live G free
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
4
0 we grade moderate or higher
3 of them not yet assessed here
Nutrients
–
Nothing above the low band
Or no figures recorded at all
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (4)
This label lists 2 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 additive and 1 raising agent.
E415
Xanthan gum
Thickener and stabiliser
What it is. A fibre made by fermenting sugars with a bacterium, which thickens liquids at very low doses.
Why it is used. Thickens sauces and dressings and gives structure to gluten free baking.
What the evidence says. Passes through largely undigested and is treated as safe by regulators, with no numerical intake limit. Very large amounts act as fibre does, which is a digestive effect rather than a safety one.
Permitted freely.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E415
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E414 Acacia gum (gum arabic) thickener
- E422 Glycerol other
- E500 Sodium carbonates raising agent
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
Flour mix (WHITE RICE FLOUR, light buckwheat flour, MILLET flour), TAPIOCA syrup, DRIED CANE SYRUP, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, CHOCOLATE CHIPS, dried CANE SYRUP, CHOCOLATE liquor (NON ALCOHOLIC), NON-DAIRY COCOA BUTTER, NATURAL PROCESS COCOA POWDER, DATE PASTE, Expeller PRESSED vegetable oil, safflower, and/or sunflower OIL), BROWN pure cane SUGAR, SUNFLOWER SEED BUTTER, ROASTED SUNFLOWER KERNEL, dried CANE SYRUP, SALT. golden flaxseed, RICE STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, Baking soda, vanilla, xanthan gum, gum arabic, SALT, vitamins and MINERALS vitamin B3, vitamin B2. Vitamin B6, vitamin B1, folic acid, CALCIUM. TAPIOCA SYRUP, DRIED CANE SYRUP, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, CHOCOLATE CHIPS, DRIED CANE SYRUP, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR NON ALCOHOLIC, NON DAIRY COCOA BUTTER NATURAL PROCESS COCOA POWDER, DATE PASTE EXPELLER PRESSED VEGETABLE OIL, SAFFLOWER OIL AND/OR, SUNFLOWER OIL), BROWN PURE CANE SUGAR, SUNFLOWER SEED BUTTER, ROASTED KERNEL, DRIED CANE SYRUP, SALT, GOLDEN FLAXSEED, RICE STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR BANG SODA, VANILLA, XANTHAN GUM, Gum Arabic, SALT. VITAMINS AND MINERALS VITAMIN B3, VITAMIN B2. VITAMIN B6, VITAMIN B1. CACAO, CALCIUM.
As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.