seed oil
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
8
3 we grade moderate or higher
5 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 (8)
This label lists 4 colours, 2 anticaking agents and 1 antioxidant. 1 more we cannot place from the code alone.
E102
Tartrazine
Yellow colour
What it is. A synthetic lemon yellow dye.
Why it is used. Colours soft drinks, sweets, sauces and snacks.
What the evidence says. One of the Southampton Six colours linked in a 2007 UK study to increased hyperactivity in some children. The effect is modest and does not affect every child, but it was enough for a mandatory on pack warning.
UK and EU require the label to warn it may affect activity and attention in children. Permitted in the US without that warning.
Assessed against UK FSA, EFSA. Full entry for E102
E110
Sunset Yellow FCF
Orange-yellow colour
What it is. A synthetic orange yellow dye.
Why it is used. Colours squashes, sweets, snacks and desserts.
What the evidence says. Also one of the Southampton Six, carrying the same signal for hyperactivity in sensitive children.
UK and EU require the children's activity warning. Permitted in the US.
Assessed against UK FSA, EFSA. Full entry for E110
E171
Titanium dioxide
Whitener and opacifier
What it is. A bright white pigment used to make sweets, icing, sauces and coatings look opaque and white.
Why it is used. Purely cosmetic. It changes appearance, not taste or safety of the food.
What the evidence says. In 2021 the EU food safety body EFSA concluded it could no longer be considered safe as a food additive, mainly because possible genetic damage from the tiny particles could not be ruled out. That is a precautionary call rather than proof of harm in people.
Banned as a food additive in the EU since 2022. Still permitted in the UK and the US, which reached different conclusions on the same evidence. A clear case of the same additive, different rules.
Assessed against EFSA, UK FSA, US FDA. Full entry for E171
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E133 Brilliant blue FCF colour
- E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) antioxidant
- E553 Magnesium silicates anticaking agent
- E553B Talc anticaking agent
- E913 No entry in our register
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
ricinus communis (castor) seed oil, polybutene, polyglyceryl - 2 isosterate dimer dilinoleate copolymer, isopropyl lanolate, lanolin, octyl dodecanol, flavor (aroma), glyceryl hydrogenated rosinate, methyl hydrogenated rosinate, silica, paraffin, mica, bht, methyl paraben, ethyl paraben, propyl paraben, butyl paraben, polyethylene terephtalate, synthetic fluorphlogopite, talc, alumina, [ /- may contain: red 31 (ci 15800), red 6 (ci 15850:1), red 6 (ci 15850:2), yellow 6 (ci 15985:1), yellow 5 ( ci 19140:1), blue 1 (ci 42090:2), red 27 (ci 45410:1), red 28 (ci 45410:2), carmine (ci 75470), iron oxides (ci 77491), iron oxides (ci 77492), iron oxides (ci 77499), manganese violet (ci 77742), titanium dioxide (ci 77891)], about this item the please ,,,
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.