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Custard Powder Original Flavour (Economy Pack) - Bird's - 300 g

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Custard Powder Original Flavour (Economy Pack) - Bird's - 300 g

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Barcode: 4808647220029 (EAN / EAN-13)

Quantity: 300 g

Brands: Bird's

Categories: Dairies, Condiments, Cooking helpers, Sauces, Dessert sauces, Pastry helpers, Custards and pastry creams, Custard powder, Groceries

Labels, certifications, awards: Halal

Manufacturing or processing places: Thailand

Countries where sold: Hong Kong

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Ingredients

10 ingredients

Corn starch, Salt, Colours (Tartrazine (INS102), Sunset Yellow FCF (INS 110), Erythrosine (INS127)) and Flavour.

Food processing

Ultra processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:

Additive: E102 - Tartrazine

Additive: E110 - Sunset yellow FCF

Additive: E127 - Erythrosine

Ingredient: Colour

Ingredient: Flavouring
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods

Processed culinary ingredients

Processed foods

Ultra processed foods

The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.

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Additives

E102 - Tartrazine

Tartrazine: Tartrazine is a synthetic lemon yellow azo dye primarily used as a food coloring. It is also known as E number E102, C.I. 19140, FD&C Yellow 5, Acid Yellow 23, Food Yellow 4, and trisodium 1--4-sulfonatophenyl--4--4-sulfonatophenylazo--5-pyrazolone-3-carboxylate-.Tartrazine is a commonly used color all over the world, mainly for yellow, and can also be used with Brilliant Blue FCF -FD&C Blue 1, E133- or Green S -E142- to produce various green shades.
Source: Wikipedia

E110 - Sunset yellow FCF

Sunset Yellow FCF: Sunset Yellow FCF -also known as Orange Yellow S, or C.I. 15985- is a petroleum-derived orange azo dye with a pH dependent maximum absorption at about 480 nm at pH 1 and 443 nm at pH 13 with a shoulder at 500 nm. When added to foods sold in the US it is known as FD&C Yellow 6; when sold in Europe, it is denoted by E Number E110.
Source: Wikipedia

E127 - Erythrosine

Erythrosine: Erythrosine, also known as Red No. 3, is an organoiodine compound, specifically a derivative of fluorone. It is cherry-pink synthetic, primarily used for food coloring. It is the disodium salt of 2‚4,5‚7-tetraiodofluorescein. Its maximum absorbance is at 530 nm in an aqueous solution, and it is subject to photodegradation.
Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

Palm oil free

No ingredients containing palm oil detected

Maybe vegan

Ingredients that may not be vegan: Flavouring

Maybe vegetarian

Ingredients that may not be vegetarian: Flavouring

The analysis is based solely on the ingredients listed and does not take into account processing methods.

Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: Corn starch, Salt, Colours (Tartrazine (e102), Sunset Yellow FCF (e110), Erythrosine (e127)), Flavour
Corn starch -> en:corn-starch - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9510 - percent_min: 97.165 - percent_max: 100

Salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.945

Colours -> en:colour - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.945

Tartrazine -> en:e102 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.945

e102 -> en:e102 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.945

Sunset Yellow FCF -> en:e110 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.4725

e110 -> en:e110 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.4725

Erythrosine -> en:e127 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.315

e127 -> en:e127 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.315

Flavour -> en:flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.945

Nutrition

Average nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fiber is not specified, their possible positive contribution to the grade could not be taken into account.

⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 0
This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

Positive points: 0

Proteins: 0 / 5 (value: 0.5, rounded value: 0.5)

Fiber: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Negative points: 8

Energy: 4 / 10 (value: 1540, rounded value: 1540)

Sugars: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Saturated fat: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Sodium: 4 / 10 (value: 378, rounded value: 378)

The points for proteins are counted because the negative points are less than 11.

Nutritional score: (8 - 0)

Nutri-Score:
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Nutrient levels
- Fat in low quantity (0%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Saturated fat in low quantity (0%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Sugars in low quantity (0%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks
  
  Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
  
  Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Sugar: the facts
- Salt in moderate quantity (0.945%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
  
  Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
  
  Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food
  
  Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
  
  Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
  
  Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

Nutrition facts

Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	As sold per serving (15 g)	Compared to: Groceries
Proteins	0.5 g	0.075 g	-90%
Fat	0 g	0 g	-100%
Saturated fat	0 g	0 g	-100%
Monounsaturated fat	0 g	0 g
Monounsaturated fat	0 g	0 g
Trans fat	0 g	0 g
Carbohydrates	91.4 g	13.7 g	+325%
Sugars	0 g	0 g	-100%
Salt	0.945 g	0.142 g	-86%

Serving size: 15 g

Environment

Eco-Score B - Low environmental impact

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The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.

→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.

Life cycle analysis

Average impact of products of the same category: A (Score: 93/100)

Category: Pastry cream or custard

PEF environmental score: 0.16 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
including impact on climate change: 1.40 kg CO2 eq/kg of product

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	55.8 %
Processing	20.5 %
Packaging	6.3 %
Transportation	10.3 %
Distribution	5.5 %
Consumption	1.5 %

Bonuses and maluses

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No ingredients that threaten species

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Malus: -15

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Eco-Score for this product

Impact for this product: B (Score: 73/100)
Product: Custard Powder Original Flavour (Economy Pack) - Bird's - 300 g

Life cycle analysis score: 93
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -15

Final score: 73/100

→ Learn more about the Eco-Score

Carbon footprint

Equal to driving 0.7 km in a petrol car

140 g CO² per 100g of product

The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Pastry cream or custard (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	60.5 %
Processing	13.3 %
Packaging	7.5 %
Transportation	15.5 %
Distribution	2.7 %
Consumption	0.5 %

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Product added on February 8, 2020, 9:45:00 AM CET by tacite
Last edit of product page on September 8, 2020, 10:46:10 PM CEST by vaporous.

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Custard Powder Original Flavour (Economy Pack) - Bird's - 300 g