Complete Multivitamins Adult
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
10
1 we grade moderate or higher
9 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 (10)
This label lists 4 thickeners and gelling agents, 2 anticaking agents, 1 antioxidant, 1 colour and 1 raising agent. 1 more we cannot place from the code alone.
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
- E307 Alpha-tocopherol antioxidant
- E341 Calcium phosphates raising agent
- E414 Acacia gum (gum arabic) thickener
- E428 Gelatine thickener
- E460 Cellulose thickener
- E463 No entry in our register
- E468 Cross-linked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose thickener
- 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
dicalcium phosphate, magnesium hydroxide prep, (magnesium hydroxide, starch), microcrystalline cellulose, vitamin c prep, (ascorbic acid, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose), tablet coat (hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, colours: titanium dioxide, iron oxides, triglycerides of fatty acids), vitamin e prep, (vitamin e, gelatin, silicon dioxide), ferrous fumarate, niacinamide, silicon dioxide, stearic acid, inositol, vitamin a prep, (sucrose, maize starch, acacia gum, vitamin a acetate, dl alpha tocopherol), calcium pantothenate, crosslinked sodium carboxy methyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, manganese sulphate, zinc oxide, guarana extract (guarana secret seed extract, maltodextrin), vitamin d prep, (maltodextrin, sucrose, acacia, corn starch, fractionated vegetable oil, vitamin d, dl alpha tocopherol), vitamin b6, vitamin b2, thiamin mononitrate, copper sulphate, ginseng extract, vitamin k prep, (acacia gum, vitamin k, sucrose), chromium picolinate, folic acid, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, sodium molybdate, biotin, vitamin b12,
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.