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Special K Milk Chocolate - Kellogg's

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Special K Milk Chocolate - Kellogg's

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Barcode: 5059321004698 (EAN / EAN-13)

Brands: Kellogg's

Categories: en:Snacks, en:Sweet snacks, en:Cocoa and its products, en:Confectioneries, en:Bars, en:Chocolate candies, en:Cereal bars, en:Chocolate cereal bars

Labels, certifications, awards: en:Green Dot

Stores: Sainsbury's

Countries where sold: An Rìoghachd Aonaichte

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Ingredients

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    65 ingredients

    Beurla: uk rl wholewheat flakes, cereal and milk chocolate pieces in a bar dipped in a smooth milk chocolate layer, fortified with vitamins. ingredients: wholegrain cereals(wholewheat(31%), whole oats(5.5%)), milk chocolate(14%)(sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, emulsifiers{soy lecithin, e476}, natural vanilla flavouring), cereal crispies(11%)(wholewheat flour, rice flour, sugar, malted barley flour, malted wheat flour, salt, rapeseed oil, stabiliser{calcium carbonate}, emulsifier{soy lecithin}), oligofructose, glucose syrup, fructose, sugar, milk chocolate chunks(2.5%)(sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier{soy lecithin}, natural flavouring), humectants(sorbitol, glycerol), palm oil, barley malt extract, dextrose, salt, antioxidant(tocopherol rich extract), natural flavouring, emulsifier(soy lecithin), niacin, iron, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin, folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin β12. for allergens see ingredients highlighted in bold. may contain gluten from other cereals. best before: see top.
    Allergens: en:Gluten, en:Soybeans

Food processing

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    Ultra processed foods

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

    • Additive: E322
    • Additive: E420
    • Additive: E422
    • Additive: E476
    • Ingredient: Dextrose
    • Ingredient: Emulsifier
    • Ingredient: Flavouring
    • Ingredient: Glucose
    • Ingredient: Glucose syrup
    • Ingredient: Humectant

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    1. Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
    2. Processed culinary ingredients
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Additives

  • E322

    Lecithin: Lecithin -UK: , US: , from the Greek lekithos, "egg yolk"- is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues, which are amphiphilic – they attract both water and fatty substances -and so are both hydrophilic and lipophilic-, and are used for smoothing food textures, dissolving powders -emulsifying-, homogenizing liquid mixtures, and repelling sticking materials.Lecithins are mixtures of glycerophospholipids including phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidic acid.Lecithin was first isolated in 1845 by the French chemist and pharmacist Theodore Gobley. In 1850, he named the phosphatidylcholine lécithine. Gobley originally isolated lecithin from egg yolk—λέκιθος lekithos is "egg yolk" in Ancient Greek—and established the complete chemical formula of phosphatidylcholine in 1874; in between, he had demonstrated the presence of lecithin in a variety of biological matters, including venous blood, in human lungs, bile, human brain tissue, fish eggs, fish roe, and chicken and sheep brain. Lecithin can easily be extracted chemically using solvents such as hexane, ethanol, acetone, petroleum ether, benzene, etc., or extraction can be done mechanically. It is usually available from sources such as soybeans, eggs, milk, marine sources, rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower. It has low solubility in water, but is an excellent emulsifier. In aqueous solution, its phospholipids can form either liposomes, bilayer sheets, micelles, or lamellar structures, depending on hydration and temperature. This results in a type of surfactant that usually is classified as amphipathic. Lecithin is sold as a food additive and dietary supplement. In cooking, it is sometimes used as an emulsifier and to prevent sticking, for example in nonstick cooking spray.
    Source: Wikipedia (Beurla)

  • E322i

    Lecithin: Lecithin -UK: , US: , from the Greek lekithos, "egg yolk"- is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues, which are amphiphilic – they attract both water and fatty substances -and so are both hydrophilic and lipophilic-, and are used for smoothing food textures, dissolving powders -emulsifying-, homogenizing liquid mixtures, and repelling sticking materials.Lecithins are mixtures of glycerophospholipids including phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidic acid.Lecithin was first isolated in 1845 by the French chemist and pharmacist Theodore Gobley. In 1850, he named the phosphatidylcholine lécithine. Gobley originally isolated lecithin from egg yolk—λέκιθος lekithos is "egg yolk" in Ancient Greek—and established the complete chemical formula of phosphatidylcholine in 1874; in between, he had demonstrated the presence of lecithin in a variety of biological matters, including venous blood, in human lungs, bile, human brain tissue, fish eggs, fish roe, and chicken and sheep brain. Lecithin can easily be extracted chemically using solvents such as hexane, ethanol, acetone, petroleum ether, benzene, etc., or extraction can be done mechanically. It is usually available from sources such as soybeans, eggs, milk, marine sources, rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower. It has low solubility in water, but is an excellent emulsifier. In aqueous solution, its phospholipids can form either liposomes, bilayer sheets, micelles, or lamellar structures, depending on hydration and temperature. This results in a type of surfactant that usually is classified as amphipathic. Lecithin is sold as a food additive and dietary supplement. In cooking, it is sometimes used as an emulsifier and to prevent sticking, for example in nonstick cooking spray.
    Source: Wikipedia (Beurla)

  • E420

    Sorbitol: Sorbitol --, less commonly known as glucitol --, is a sugar alcohol with a sweet taste which the human body metabolizes slowly. It can be obtained by reduction of glucose, which changes the aldehyde group to a hydroxyl group. Most sorbitol is made from corn syrup, but it is also found in nature, for example in apples, pears, peaches, and prunes. It is converted to fructose by sorbitol-6-phosphate 2-dehydrogenase. Sorbitol is an isomer of mannitol, another sugar alcohol; the two differ only in the orientation of the hydroxyl group on carbon 2. While similar, the two sugar alcohols have very different sources in nature, melting points, and uses.
    Source: Wikipedia (Beurla)

  • E422

    Glycerol: Glycerol -; also called glycerine or glycerin; see spelling differences- is a simple polyol compound. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is sweet-tasting and non-toxic. The glycerol backbone is found in all lipids known as triglycerides. It is widely used in the food industry as a sweetener and humectant and in pharmaceutical formulations. Glycerol has three hydroxyl groups that are responsible for its solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature.
    Source: Wikipedia (Beurla)

  • E476

    Polyglycerol polyricinoleate: Polyglycerol polyricinoleate -PGPR-, E476, is an emulsifier made from glycerol and fatty acids -usually from castor bean, but also from soybean oil-. In chocolate, compound chocolate and similar coatings, PGPR is mainly used with another substance like lecithin to reduce viscosity. It is used at low levels -below 0.5%-, and works by decreasing the friction between the solid particles -e.g. cacao, sugar, milk- in molten chocolate, reducing the yield stress so that it flows more easily, approaching the behaviour of a Newtonian fluid. It can also be used as an emulsifier in spreads and in salad dressings, or to improve the texture of baked goods. It is made up of a short chain of glycerol molecules connected by ether bonds, with ricinoleic acid side chains connected by ester bonds. PGPR is a yellowish, viscous liquid, and is strongly lipophilic: it is soluble in fats and oils and insoluble in water and ethanol.
    Source: Wikipedia (Beurla)

Ingredients analysis

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    en:Non-vegan

    Non-vegan ingredients: en:Milk chocolate, en:Whole milk powder, en:Whole milk powder, en:Skimmed milk powder

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    en:Vegetarian status unknown

    Unrecognized ingredients: en:uk-rl-wholewheat-flakes, en:cereal-and-milk-chocolate-pieces-in-a-bar-dipped-in-a-smooth-milk-chocolate-layer, en:ingredients, Iarann, en:Thiamin, Searbhag dhuilleagach, en:Vitamin D, en:vitamin-β12, en:from-other-cereals, en:best-before, en:see-top

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    en: uk rl wholewheat flakes, cereal and milk chocolate pieces in a bar dipped in a smooth milk chocolate layer, with vitamins, ingredients (wholegrain cereals, wholewheat 31%), whole oats 5.5%, milk chocolate 14% (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, emulsifiers (soy lecithin, e476), natural vanilla flavouring), cereal crispies 11% (wholewheat flour, rice flour, sugar, malted barley flour, malted wheat flour, salt, rapeseed oil, stabiliser (calcium carbonate), emulsifier (soy lecithin)), oligofructose, glucose syrup, fructose, sugar, milk chocolate chunks 2.5% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier (soy lecithin), natural flavouring), humectants (sorbitol, glycerol), palm oil, barley malt extract, dextrose, salt, antioxidant (tocopherol rich extract), natural flavouring, emulsifier (soy lecithin), niacin, iron, vitamins, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin, folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin β12, from other cereals, best before (see top)
    1. uk rl wholewheat flakes -> en:uk-rl-wholewheat-flakes
    2. cereal and milk chocolate pieces in a bar dipped in a smooth milk chocolate layer -> en:cereal-and-milk-chocolate-pieces-in-a-bar-dipped-in-a-smooth-milk-chocolate-layer
    3. with vitamins -> en:vitamins - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
    4. ingredients -> en:ingredients
      1. wholegrain cereals -> en:wholemeal-cereal - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
      2. wholewheat -> en:whole-wheat - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9010 - percent: 31
    5. whole oats -> en:wholemeal-oat - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9310 - percent: 5.5
    6. milk chocolate -> en:milk-chocolate - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 31004 - percent: 14
      1. sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016
      2. cocoa butter -> en:cocoa-butter - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 16030
      3. whole milk powder -> en:whole-milk-powder - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 19021
      4. cocoa mass -> en:cocoa-paste - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 16030
      5. emulsifiers -> en:emulsifier
        1. soy lecithin -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 42200
        2. e476 -> en:e476 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
      6. natural vanilla flavouring -> en:natural-vanilla-flavouring - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
    7. cereal crispies -> en:cereal-crispies - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent: 11
      1. wholewheat flour -> en:whole-wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410
      2. rice flour -> en:rice-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9520
      3. sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016
      4. malted barley flour -> en:barley-malt-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9550
      5. malted wheat flour -> en:malted-wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410
      6. salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058
      7. rapeseed oil -> en:rapeseed-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no
      8. stabiliser -> en:stabiliser
        1. calcium carbonate -> en:e170i - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe
      9. emulsifier -> en:emulsifier
        1. soy lecithin -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 42200
    8. oligofructose -> en:oligofructose - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
    9. glucose syrup -> en:glucose-syrup - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016
    10. fructose -> en:fructose - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 31077
    11. sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016
    12. milk chocolate chunks -> en:milk-chocolate-chips - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: yes - percent: 2.5
      1. sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016
      2. cocoa mass -> en:cocoa-paste - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 16030
      3. cocoa butter -> en:cocoa-butter - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 16030
      4. whole milk powder -> en:whole-milk-powder - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 19021
      5. skimmed milk powder -> en:skimmed-milk-powder - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 19054
      6. emulsifier -> en:emulsifier
        1. soy lecithin -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 42200
      7. natural flavouring -> en:natural-flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe
    13. humectants -> en:humectant
      1. sorbitol -> en:e420 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
      2. glycerol -> en:e422 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe
    14. palm oil -> en:palm-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: yes - ciqual_food_code: 16129
    15. barley malt extract -> en:barley-malt-extract - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
    16. dextrose -> en:dextrose - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016
    17. salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058
    18. antioxidant -> en:antioxidant
      1. tocopherol rich extract -> en:e306 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
    19. natural flavouring -> en:natural-flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe
    20. emulsifier -> en:emulsifier
      1. soy lecithin -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 42200
    21. niacin -> en:e375 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe
    22. iron -> en:iron
    23. vitamins -> en:vitamins - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
    24. vitamin b6 -> en:vitamin-b6 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes
    25. riboflavin -> en:e101 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: yes
    26. thiamin -> en:thiamin
    27. folic acid -> en:folic-acid
    28. vitamin d -> en:vitamin-d
    29. vitamin β12 -> en:vitamin-β12
    30. from other cereals -> en:from-other-cereals
    31. best before -> en:best-before
      1. see top -> en:see-top

Nutrition

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    Poor nutritional quality

    ⚠ ️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: 5

    • Proteins: 4 / 5 (value: 7, rounded value: 7)
    • Fiber: 5 / 5 (value: 14, rounded value: 14)
    • Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

    Negative points: 16

    • Energy: 4 / 10 (value: 1632, rounded value: 1632)
    • Sugars: 5 / 10 (value: 25, rounded value: 25)
    • Saturated fat: 5 / 10 (value: 5.1, rounded value: 5.1)
    • Sodium: 2 / 10 (value: 240, rounded value: 240)

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

    Nutritional score: (16 - 5)

    Nutri-Score:

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    Nutrition facts

    Nutrition facts As sold
    for 100 g / 100 ml     		Compared to: en:Chocolate cereal bars
    Lùth 1,632 kj
    (390 kcal)     		-13%
    Fat 9.6 g -53%
    Saturated fat 5.1 g -51%
    Carbohydrates 62 g +11%
    Siùcar 25 g -25%
    Fiber 14 g +131%
    Proteins 7 g +10%
    Salann 0.6 g +81%
    Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis) 0 %

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