Gaviscon
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
3
None we have assessed
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 (3)
This label lists 1 thickener or gelling agent. 2 more we cannot place from the code alone.
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E216 Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate
- E218 No entry in our register
- E401 Sodium alginate thickener
1 of these is not on the GB permitted list
E216 Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate — Authorisation withdrawn across the EU in 2006, following EFSA's review of the parabens, which was unable to set an acceptable daily intake for this one.
Absent from Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, the register of additives permitted in Great Britain. That is a statement about the food additive register and nothing else: several of these are permitted in medicines, where different rules apply, and this catalogue carries some entries that are not food. Our product data is crowd sourced and worldwide, so on something sold here a code from this list usually means an imported line, an out of date entry, or a mistake in the source rather than anything about the contents. It is not a statement that this product is unsafe, and the pack is the authority.
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
jct? each 10ml of oral suspension y sodium alginate, 267mg sodium bicarbonate mg calcium carbonate as the active ingredients. this product is sugar free and gluten free. you can take this product if you are pregnant or breast feeding. dosage: for oral use. shake well before use. adults and children 12 years and over: take 10-20ml (two to four 5ml spoonfuls) after meals and at bedtime. children under 12 years: should be given only on medical advice. contains sodium, methyl (e218) and propyl (e216) parahydroxybenzoates high in sodium-see the leaflet for further information. wha 5 pr 000158065581 >
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.