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Stretchy tangy banana - Laffy Taffy

Stretchy tangy banana - Laffy Taffy

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Barcode: 0079200562106 (EAN / EAN-13) 079200562106 (UPC / UPC-A)

Brands: Laffy Taffy

Brand owner: Sunmark

Categories: Snacks, Sweet snacks, Confectioneries, Candies

Countries where sold: United States

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Ingredients

8 ingredients

corn syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, and less than 2% of egg albumen, sodium alginate, calcium acetate, monoglycerides, natural flavor, yellow 5,

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: E401 - Sodium alginate

Ingredient: Flavouring
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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.
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E263 - Calcium acetate

Calcium acetate: Calcium acetate is a chemical compound which is a calcium salt of acetic acid. It has the formula Ca-C2H3O2-2. Its standard name is calcium acetate, while calcium ethanoate is the systematic name. An older name is acetate of lime. The anhydrous form is very hygroscopic; therefore the monohydrate -Ca-CH3COO-2•H2O- is the common form.
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E401 - Sodium alginate

Ingredients analysis

Palm oil free
No ingredients containing palm oil detected

Unrecognized ingredients: And-less-than-2-of-egg-albumen, Monoglycerides
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: corn syrup, hydrogenated coconut oil, and less than 2% of egg albumen, sodium alginate, calcium acetate, monoglycerides, natural flavor, yellow 5
corn syrup -> en:corn-syrup - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31089 - percent_min: 12.5 - percent_max: 100

hydrogenated coconut oil -> en:hydrogenated-coconut-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - ciqual_food_code: 16040 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50

and less than 2% of egg albumen -> en:and-less-than-2-of-egg-albumen - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333

sodium alginate -> en:e401 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 25

calcium acetate -> en:e263 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 20

monoglycerides -> en:monoglycerides - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 16.6666666666667

natural flavor -> en:natural-flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5

yellow 5 -> en:e102 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5

Nutrition

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Nutrient levels
- Fat in moderate quantity (9.41%)
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  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 high quantity (9.41%)
  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 high quantity (54.1%)
  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

Nutrition facts

Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	As sold per serving (1.5 ONZ (42.5 g))	Compared to: Candies
Energy	1,573 kj (376 kcal)	669 kj (160 kcal)	+7%
Fat	9.41 g	4 g	+450%
Saturated fat	9.41 g	4 g	+862%
Carbohydrates	80 g	34 g	-3%
Sugars	54.12 g	23 g	-2%
Fiber	?	?
Proteins	0 g	0 g	-100%
Salt	?	?
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	0 %	0 %

Serving size: 1.5 ONZ (42.5 g)

Environment

Eco-Score C - Moderate environmental impact

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Life cycle analysis

Average impact of products of the same category: B (Score: 62/100)

Category: Candies, all types

PEF environmental score: 0.41 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
including impact on climate change: 1.73 kg CO2 eq/kg of product

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	78.2 %
Processing	10.7 %
Packaging	5.5 %
Transportation	4.5 %
Distribution	1.1 %
Consumption	0.0 %

Bonuses and maluses

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Malus: -5

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Malus: -15

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Eco-Score for this product

Impact for this product: C (Score: 42/100)
Product: Stretchy tangy banana - Laffy Taffy

Life cycle analysis score: 62
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -20

Final score: 42/100

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Carbon footprint

Equal to driving 0.9 km in a petrol car

173 g CO² per 100g of product

The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Candies, all types (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	52.3 %
Processing	19.5 %
Packaging	15.7 %
Transportation	11.6 %
Distribution	1.0 %
Consumption	0.0 %

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Product added on March 9, 2017, 3:27:06 PM CET by usda-ndb-import
Last edit of product page on January 6, 2023, 6:00:31 PM CET by wolfgang8741.
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