piriton syrup
Unknown brand
Processing
–
Not recorded
A gap in the source, not a sign it is unprocessed
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)
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E214 No entry in our register
- E216 Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate
- E218 No entry in our register
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E216 Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate — Authorisation withdrawn across the EU in 2006, following EFSA's review of the parabens, which was unable to set an acceptable daily intake for this one.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data is crowd sourced and worldwide, so on something sold here a code from this list usually means an imported line, an out of date entry, or a mistake in the source rather than anything about the contents.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
each 5 ml of syrup contains 2 mg of chlorphenamine maleate as the active ingredient. also includes sucrose, ethanol and a mixture of methyl, ethyl and propyl hydroxybenzoates (e218, e214 and e216). see leaflet for further advice. store below 25°c, protect from light. keep out of the sight and reach of children. glaxosmithkline consumer healthcare (uk) trading limited, brentford, tw8 9gs, u.k. piriton and the trigger device are trademarks owned by or licensed to the gsk group of companies. pl 446730094
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.