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Brownies made with milky way bar pieces

Ingredient score

4/10

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Titanium dioxideModerate concern

The EU stopped allowing it in food in 2022 because a DNA-damage concern couldn't be ruled out.

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Yellow 5 (Tartrazine)Moderate concern

Some children may be sensitive to mixtures of synthetic colors.

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Yellow 6 (Sunset Yellow)Moderate concern

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Red 40 (Allura Red)Moderate concern

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Caramel colorLimited concern

Some types contain 4-MEI, a possible carcinogen in animal studies; FDA sees no short-term risk at food levels.

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Ingredients

Sugar Water Bleached enriched wheat flour Wheat flour NiacinFerrous sulfateIron Thiamin mononitrate Riboflavin Folic acidMilky way piecesMilk chocolate Sugar Cocoa butter Skim milkChocolateLactose Milkfat Soy lecithin Artificial flavor Corn syrup Sugar Hydrogenated palm kernel oil and/or palm oil Skim milk Milkfat Cocoa powder processed with alkali Malted barley Lactose Salt Egg whitesChocolateArtificial flavor Soybean oil Corn syrup Palm oil CocoaProcessed with alkaliCaramelSugar Water Evaporated milk Sweetened condensed milk Milk Sugar Corn syrup Palm kernel oil Invert sugar syrup Non-fat dry milk Cream Natural flavor Cultured non-fat milk Distilled monoglyceride SaltSodium alginateNatural flavor Soy lecithin Citric acidGlycerinSoy lecithin Defatted soy flour Egg whites Corn starch Natural and artificial flavor EggsSucroseSalt Modified corn starch Potassium sorbate and sorbic acidTo retain freshnessArtificial flavor Baking sodaEnzymesCalcium carbonateCalcium sulfateAgarLocust bean gumSunflower oilDisodium phosphateTitanium dioxide Caramel color Yellow 5 lake Yellow 6 lake Red 40 lake Blue 2 lake

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Open Food Facts record · updated Apr 22, 2020 · US · 258 g

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