Multivitamins
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
12
0 we grade moderate or higher
11 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 (12)
This label lists 4 anticaking agents, 2 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 acidity regulator, 1 antioxidant, 1 emulsifier, 1 raising agent and 1 sweetener. 1 more we cannot place from the code alone.
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
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E301 Sodium ascorbate antioxidant
- E307C No entry in our register
- E334 Tartaric acid acidity regulator
- E341 Calcium phosphates raising agent
- E421 Mannitol sweetener
- E460 Cellulose thickener
- E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose thickener
- E553 Magnesium silicates anticaking agent
- E553B Talc anticaking agent
- E570 Fatty acids anticaking agent
- E572 Magnesium stearate 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
Cellulose, Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid), Ferrous Fumarate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E (as DL Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate), Modified Maize Starch, Niacin (as Nicotinamide), Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Pantothenic Acid (as Calcium Pantothenate), Maltodextrin, Silicon Dioxide, Dried Glucose Syrup, Acacia, Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Magnesium Stearate, Maize Starch, Stearic Acid, Thiamin (as Thiamine Mononitrate), Riboflavin, Talc, Colours (Calcium Carbonate, Iron Oxide), Sucrose, Vitamin A (as Retinyl Acetate), Mannitol, Folic Acid, Antioxidants (DL Alpha Tocopherol, Tartaric Acid, Sodium Ascorbate), Mono & Diglycerides, Biotin, Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol), Vitamin B12 (as Cyanocobalamin).
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.