Plant Kitchen Chocolate Brownies
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
3
0 we grade moderate or higher
1 of them not yet assessed here
Sugars per 100g
33.10g
High
UK FSA front of pack threshold
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (3)
This label lists 2 colours and 1 emulsifier.
E471
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
Emulsifier
What it is. Fat derived emulsifiers, closely related to ordinary dietary fats.
Why it is used. One of the most used additives in food: bread, margarine, ice cream, cakes and sauces.
What the evidence says. The body handles these much as it handles other fats, and EFSA's re-evaluation raised no safety concern at the levels used. They sit in the same broad emulsifier and gut microbiome research question as the others, which remains unsettled.
Permitted without a numerical limit. The fat source is not always stated, which matters for some diets rather than for safety.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E471
E100
Curcumin
Yellow colour
What it is. The yellow pigment from turmeric root.
Why it is used. Colours mustards, sauces, dairy, confectionery and savoury snacks.
What the evidence says. A plant pigment people have eaten as a spice for a very long time, and regulators treat it as safe with an acceptable daily intake. EFSA noted that children who eat a lot of the foods it is used in could approach that intake, which is a reason to watch total use rather than a sign of harm.
Permitted with maximum levels in the foods where it is allowed.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E100
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E160B Annatto, bixin, norbixin colour
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
brown sugar water cocoa mass sugar, wheatflour contains gluten (with wheatflour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin) desiccated coconut - oat drink (water oats sunflower oil salt) palm oil - rapeseed fat reduced cocoa powder salt thickener, xanthan gum mulsifier, e471, soya lecithin flavouring colour, e160b(ii), curcumin, for allergens see ingredients in bold, not suitable for those with a nut and peanut allergy, prepared to a vegan recipe, not suitable for those with a milk or egg allergy because these allergens are present in the environment, 112ge sultable nut allergy nota for suitable for vegans made in the uk with chocolate rom belgium, sc4392 m,s plc po box 3339 h99 9qs uk ,s (ireland) ltd o box 13022 ublin 2 ireland , m 2919 7552 s
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.