salted caramel loaded brownies
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
6
0 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 (6)
This label lists 2 acidity regulators, 1 anticaking agent, 1 preservative and 1 thickener or gelling agent. 1 more we cannot place from the code alone.
E202
Potassium sorbate
Preservative
What it is. The potassium salt of sorbic acid, which stops mould and yeast growth.
Why it is used. Used in cheese, baked goods, dried fruit, wine and dressings.
What the evidence says. Widely used and long regarded as one of the gentler preservatives. EFSA's 2015 re-evaluation lowered the acceptable daily intake and noted gaps in the genotoxicity data, asking for more work, while finding no evidence of harm at the levels actually used.
Permitted with maximum levels. EFSA has asked for further data rather than restricted it.
Assessed against EFSA. Full entry for E202
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E336 Potassium tartrates acidity regulator
- E440 Pectin thickener
- E451 Triphosphates acidity regulator
- E502 No entry in our register
- E570 Fatty acids anticaking 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
sugar, palm oil, salted caramel topping (18%) [sweetened condensed milk imilk sugar, lactose (milk), grkose syrup, invert sugar syrup, palm kemel õil, sugar, coconut ofl, palm oil, ravouring, salt, emulsifier: ledithins (soya), gelling agent: pectins, acidity regulators: potassium tartrates, triphosphates, maltodextrin, water, pasteurised egg, wheat flour (wheat flour, caldum carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin) cocca mass, rapeseed oil, fat reduced cocoa powder, cocoa butter, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar) , glucose syrup, flavourings preservative: potassium sorbate, butter (milk), emulsifiers: mono-and dighycerides of fatty acids, ledithins (soya), humectant: gycerof gazing agent: shelaç colours:ilon orides and hydronides, titanium dicode, salt allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold may also contain nuts dietary advice: suitable for vegetarians no artifical,colous or flavourings
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.