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Fast action bread yeast - Hovis - 42 g

Fast action bread yeast - Hovis - 42 g

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Barcode: 5010024160975 (EAN / EAN-13)

Quantity: 42 g

Packaging: Box, Container

Brands: Hovis

Categories: Food additives, Yeast, fr:Levures

Labels, certifications, awards: Vegetarian

Countries where sold: United Kingdom

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Ingredients

9 ingredients

Dried Yeast (92 %), stabiliser (calcium sulphate), emulsifier (sorbitan monostearate), flour treatment agents (ascorbic acid, enzyme (alpha amylase)).

Traces: Gluten

Food processing

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

Additive: E491 - Sorbitan monostearate

Ingredient: Emulsifier
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Additives

E1100 - Alpha-Amylase

Amylase: An amylase -- is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch into sugars. Amylase is present in the saliva of humans and some other mammals, where it begins the chemical process of digestion. Foods that contain large amounts of starch but little sugar, such as rice and potatoes, may acquire a slightly sweet taste as they are chewed because amylase degrades some of their starch into sugar. The pancreas and salivary gland make amylase -alpha amylase- to hydrolyse dietary starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides which are converted by other enzymes to glucose to supply the body with energy. Plants and some bacteria also produce amylase. As diastase, amylase was the first enzyme to be discovered and isolated -by Anselme Payen in 1833-. Specific amylase proteins are designated by different Greek letters. All amylases are glycoside hydrolases and act on α-1‚4-glycosidic bonds.
Source: Wikipedia

E300 - Ascorbic acid

E491 - Sorbitan monostearate

Sorbitan monostearate: Sorbitan monostearate is an ester of sorbitan -a sorbitol derivative- and stearic acid and is sometimes referred to as a synthetic wax. It is primarily used as an emulsifier to keep water and oils mixed. Sorbitan monostearate is used in the manufacture of food and healthcare products and is a non-ionic surfactant with emulsifying, dispersing, and wetting properties. It is also employed to create synthetic fibers, metal machining fluid, and brighteners in the leather industry, and as an emulsifier in coatings, pesticides, and various applications in the plastics, food and cosmetics industries. Sorbitans are also known as "Spans". Sorbitan monostearate has been approved by the European Union for use as a food additive -emulsifier- -E number: E 491-
Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

Palm oil free

No ingredients containing palm oil detected

Maybe vegan

Ingredients that may not be vegan: E491

Vegetarian

No non-vegetarian ingredients detected

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

Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: Yeast 92%, stabiliser (calcium sulphate), emulsifier (sorbitan monostearate), flour treatment agents (ascorbic acid, enzyme (alpha amylase))
Yeast -> en:yeast - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 92 - percent: 92 - percent_max: 92

stabiliser -> en:stabiliser - percent_min: 2.66666666666667 - percent_max: 8

calcium sulphate -> en:e516 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 2.66666666666667 - percent_max: 8

emulsifier -> en:emulsifier - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.33333333333333

sorbitan monostearate -> en:e491 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.33333333333333

flour treatment agents -> en:flour-treatment-agent - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 2.66666666666666

ascorbic acid -> en:e300 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 2.66666666666666

enzyme -> en:enzyme - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.33333333333333

alpha amylase -> en:e1100 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.33333333333333

Nutrition

Nutri-Score not-applicable
Not-applicable for the category: Food additives

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Environment

Eco-Score C - Moderate environmental impact

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Life cycle analysis

Average impact of products of the same category: B (Score: 61/100)

Category: Baker's yeast, dehydrated

PEF environmental score: 0.42 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
including impact on climate change: 5.61 kg CO2 eq/kg of product

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	0.0 %
Processing	96.8 %
Packaging	0.3 %
Transportation	1.9 %
Distribution	1.1 %
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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No ingredients that threaten species

Packaging with a medium impact

Malus: -10

Shape	Material	Recycling	Impact
Box	Unknown		High

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Eco-Score for this product

Impact for this product: C (Score: 46/100)
Product: Fast action bread yeast - Hovis - 42 g

Life cycle analysis score: 61
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -15

Final score: 46/100

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Carbon footprint

Equal to driving 2.9 km in a petrol car

561 g CO² per 100g of product

The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Baker's yeast, dehydrated (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	0.0 %
Processing	97.8 %
Packaging	0.1 %
Transportation	1.8 %
Distribution	0.3 %
Consumption	0.0 %

Packaging

Packaging with a medium impact

Packaging parts

Box

Packaging materials

Material	%	Packaging weight	Packaging weight per 100 g of product

Transportation

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Product added on August 27, 2014, 10:47:02 PM CEST by tacinte
Last edit of product page on February 11, 2022, 11:56:05 AM CET by packbot.
Product page also edited by beniben, kiliweb, openfoodfacts-contributors, tacite, yuka.V2Y4OVRZVWxsdFF2bzhjUzVBejBwUGh2MlpXQ1VYeXlLdE1ESWc9PQ.

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Fast action bread yeast - Hovis - 42 g