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Boules de biscuit enrobées de chocolat noir - McVitie's - 120 g ℮

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Boules de biscuit enrobées de chocolat noir - McVitie's - 120 g ℮

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Barcode: 5000396044515 (EAN / EAN-13)

Common name: Boules de biscuit enrobées de chocolat noir

Quantity: 120 g ℮

Packaging: fr:Sachet plastique

Brands: McVitie's

Categories: Snacks, Sweet snacks, Biscuits and cakes, Biscuits, Chocolate biscuits

Stores: Magasins U, Super U

Countries where sold: France

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Health

Ingredients

25 ingredients

: Chocolat (54 %) (sucre - pâte de cacao - beurre de cacao - cacao en poudre - émulsifiants : lécithine de soja, E492 - arôme) - farine de blé - huile de palme - farine de blé complète - sucre - sirop de glucose - sirop de glucose-fructose - sel - poudres à lever : carbonates de sodium et d'ammonium - correcteur d'acidité : acide tartrique - lait écrémé en poudre - agents d'enrobage : gomme arabique, shellac.

Allergens: Gluten, Milk, Soybeans

Traces: Eggs, Nuts, Peanuts

Food processing

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

Additive: E322 - Lecithins

Additive: E414 - Acacia gum

Additive: E492 - Sorbitan tristearate

Additive: E904 - Shellac

Ingredient: Emulsifier

Ingredient: Flavouring

Ingredient: Glazing agent

Ingredient: Glucose

Ingredient: Glucose syrup
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.

→ Learn more about the NOVA classification

Additives

E322 - Lecithins

Lecithins are natural compounds commonly used in the food industry as emulsifiers and stabilizers.

Extracted from sources like soybeans and eggs, lecithins consist of phospholipids that enhance the mixing of oil and water, ensuring smooth textures in various products like chocolates, dressings, and baked goods.

They do not present any known health risks.

E322i - Lecithin

Lecithins are natural compounds commonly used in the food industry as emulsifiers and stabilizers.

Extracted from sources like soybeans and eggs, lecithins consist of phospholipids that enhance the mixing of oil and water, ensuring smooth textures in various products like chocolates, dressings, and baked goods.

They do not present any known health risks.

E334 - L(+)-tartaric acid

Tartaric acid: Tartaric acid is a white, crystalline organic acid that occurs naturally in many fruits, most notably in grapes, but also in bananas, tamarinds, and citrus. Its salt, potassium bitartrate, commonly known as cream of tartar, develops naturally in the process of winemaking. It is commonly mixed with sodium bicarbonate and is sold as baking powder used as a leavening agent in food preparation. The acid itself is added to foods as an antioxidant and to impart its distinctive sour taste. Tartaric is an alpha-hydroxy-carboxylic acid, is diprotic and aldaric in acid characteristics, and is a dihydroxyl derivative of succinic acid.
Source: Wikipedia

E414 - Acacia gum

Gum arabic: Gum arabic, also known as acacia gum, arabic gum, gum acacia, acacia, Senegal gum and Indian gum, and by other names, is a natural gum consisting of the hardened sap of various species of the acacia tree. Originally, gum arabic was collected from Acacia nilotica which was called the "gum arabic tree"; in the present day, gum arabic is collected from acacia species, predominantly Acacia senegal and Vachellia -Acacia- seyal; the term "gum arabic" does not indicate a particular botanical source. In a few cases so‐called "gum arabic" may not even have been collected from Acacia species, but may originate from Combretum, Albizia or some other genus. Producers harvest the gum commercially from wild trees, mostly in Sudan -80%- and throughout the Sahel, from Senegal to Somalia—though it is historically cultivated in Arabia and West Asia. Gum arabic is a complex mixture of glycoproteins and polysaccharides. It is the original source of the sugars arabinose and ribose, both of which were first discovered and isolated from it, and are named after it. Gum arabic is soluble in water. It is edible, and used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer, with EU E number E414. Gum arabic is a key ingredient in traditional lithography and is used in printing, paint production, glue, cosmetics and various industrial applications, including viscosity control in inks and in textile industries, though less expensive materials compete with it for many of these roles. While gum arabic is now produced throughout the African Sahel, it is still harvested and used in the Middle East.
Source: Wikipedia

E492 - Sorbitan tristearate

Sorbitan tristearate: Sorbitan tristearate is a nonionic surfactant. It is variously used as a dispersing agent, emulsifier, and stabilizer, in food and in aerosol sprays. As a food additive, it has the E number E492. Brand names for polysorbates include Alkest, Canarcel, and Span. The consistency of sorbitan tristearate is waxy; its color is light cream to tan.
Source: Wikipedia

E500 - Sodium carbonates

Sodium carbonates (E500) are compounds commonly used in food preparation as leavening agents, helping baked goods rise by releasing carbon dioxide when they interact with acids.

Often found in baking soda, they regulate the pH of food, preventing it from becoming too acidic or too alkaline. In the culinary world, sodium carbonates can also enhance the texture and structure of foods, such as noodles, by modifying the gluten network.

Generally recognized as safe, sodium carbonates are non-toxic when consumed in typical amounts found in food.

E503 - Ammonium carbonates

Ammonium carbonate: Ammonium carbonate is a salt with the chemical formula -NH4-2CO3. Since it readily degrades to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide upon heating, it is used as a leavening agent and also as smelling salt. It is also known as baker's ammonia and was a predecessor to the more modern leavening agents baking soda and baking powder. It is a component of what was formerly known as sal volatile and salt of hartshorn.
Source: Wikipedia

E904 - Shellac

Shellac: Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes -pictured- and dissolved in alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish. Shellac functions as a tough natural primer, sanding sealant, tannin-blocker, odour-blocker, stain, and high-gloss varnish. Shellac was once used in electrical applications as it possesses good insulation qualities and it seals out moisture. Phonograph and 78 rpm gramophone records were made of it until they were replaced by vinyl long-playing records from the 1950s onwards. From the time it replaced oil and wax finishes in the 19th century, shellac was one of the dominant wood finishes in the western world until it was largely replaced by nitrocellulose lacquer in the 1920s and 1930s.
Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

Palm oil

Ingredients that contain palm oil: Palm oil

Non-vegan

Non-vegan ingredients: Skimmed milk powder, E904

Non-vegetarian

Non-vegetarian ingredients: E904

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

Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: Chocolat 54% (sucre, pâte de cacao, beurre de cacao, cacao en poudre, émulsifiants (lécithine de _soja_), e492, arôme), farine de _blé_, huile de palme, farine de _blé_ complète, sucre, sirop de glucose, sirop de glucose-fructose, sel, poudres à lever (carbonates de sodium), carbonates d'ammonium, correcteur d'acidité (acide tartrique), _lait_ écrémé en poudre, agents d'enrobage (gomme arabique), shellac
Chocolat -> en:chocolate - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 54 - percent: 54 - percent_max: 54

sucre -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016 - percent_min: 7.71428571428571 - percent_max: 31.3

pâte de cacao -> en:cocoa-paste - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 16030 - percent_min: 3.78333333333333 - percent_max: 27

beurre de cacao -> en:cocoa-butter - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 16030 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 18

cacao en poudre -> en:cocoa-powder - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 18100 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 13.5

émulsifiants -> en:emulsifier - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 10.8

lécithine de _soja_ -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 42200 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 10.8

e492 -> en:e492 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 9

arôme -> en:flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 7.71428571428571

farine de _blé_ -> en:wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 3.53846153846154 - percent_max: 46

huile de palme -> en:palm-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: yes - ciqual_food_code: 16129 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333

farine de _blé_ complète -> en:whole-wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 21.2307692307692

sucre -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 14.1538461538462

sirop de glucose -> en:glucose-syrup - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 10.6153846153846

sirop de glucose-fructose -> en:glucose-fructose-syrup - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 31077 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 8.49230769230769

sel -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

poudres à lever -> en:raising-agent - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

carbonates de sodium -> en:e500 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

carbonates d'ammonium -> en:e503 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

correcteur d'acidité -> en:acidity-regulator - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

acide tartrique -> en:e334 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

_lait_ écrémé en poudre -> en:skimmed-milk-powder - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 19054 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

agents d'enrobage -> en:glazing-agent - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

gomme arabique -> en:e414 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

shellac -> en:e904 - vegan: no - vegetarian: no - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

Nutrition

Bad 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: 4 / 5 (value: 6.5, rounded value: 6.5)

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: 24

Energy: 6 / 10 (value: 2188, rounded value: 2188)

Sugars: 7 / 10 (value: 31.3, rounded value: 31.3)

Saturated fat: 10 / 10 (value: 16.2, rounded value: 16.2)

Sodium: 1 / 10 (value: 100, rounded value: 100)

The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.

Nutritional score: (24 - 0)

Nutri-Score:
→ Learn more about the Nutri-Score

Nutrient levels
- Fat in high quantity (27.2%)
  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 high quantity (16.2%)
  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 (31.3%)
  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 low quantity (0.25%)
  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 (24 g)	Compared to: Chocolate biscuits
Energy	2,188 kj (523 kcal)	525 kj (126 kcal)	+7%
Fat	27.2 g	6.53 g	+16%
Saturated fat	16.2 g	3.89 g	+37%
Carbohydrates	63 g	15.1 g	+2%
Sugars	31.3 g	7.51 g	-3%
Fiber	?	?
Proteins	6.5 g	1.56 g	+1%
Salt	0.25 g	0.06 g	-53%
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	0 %	0 %

Serving size: 24 g

Environment

Eco-Score D - High 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: C (Score: 56/100)

Category: Biscuit (cookie), with chocolate, prepacked

PEF environmental score: 0.47 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
including impact on climate change: 5.92 kg CO2 eq/kg of product

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	63.6 %
Processing	29.8 %
Packaging	2.3 %
Transportation	3.2 %
Distribution	1.0 %
Consumption	0.0 %

Bonuses and maluses

Missing origins of ingredients information
Malus: -5

⚠ ️ The origins of the ingredients of this product are not indicated.

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Ingredients that threatens species
Malus: -10

Contains palm oil

Tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Latin America are destroyed to create and expand oil palm tree plantations. The deforestation contributes to climate change, and it endangers species such as the orangutan, the pigmy elephant and the Sumatran rhino.

Packaging with a medium impact

Malus: -10

Shape	Material	Recycling	Impact
Bag	Plastic		High

Eco-Score for this product

Impact for this product: D (Score: 31/100)
Product: Boules de biscuit enrobées de chocolat noir - McVitie's - 120 g ℮

Life cycle analysis score: 56
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -25

Final score: 31/100

→ Learn more about the Eco-Score

Carbon footprint

Equal to driving 3.1 km in a petrol car

592 g CO² per 100g of product

The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Biscuit (cookie), with chocolate, prepacked (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	52.9 %
Processing	42.0 %
Packaging	1.9 %
Transportation	2.9 %
Distribution	0.3 %
Consumption	0.0 %

Packaging

Packaging with a medium impact

Packaging parts

Bag (Plastic)

Packaging materials

Material	%	Packaging weight	Packaging weight per 100 g of product
Plastic

Transportation

Origins of ingredients
Missing origins of ingredients information

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Threatened species

Contains palm oil
Drives deforestation and threatens species such as the orangutan

Tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Latin America are destroyed to create and expand oil palm tree plantations. The deforestation contributes to climate change, and it endangers species such as the orangutan, the pigmy elephant and the Sumatran rhino.

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Last edit of product page on February 23, 2021, 12:12:18 AM CET by quechoisir.
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