Barley Malt Extract
Level 3 — Contested
Barley Malt Extract is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: malt extract, malted barley extract
Where you'll see it
Coco Pops, breakfast cereals, malt loaf
What the research says
Sweet flavour/colour additive in industrial cereals; listed in Coco Pops as part of the sugar/glucose-syrup/cocoa-mass cluster that puts the product squarely in NOVA group 4.
[ultra-processed-people] Sweet flavour/colour additive in industrial cereals; listed in Coco Pops as part of the sugar/glucose-syrup/cocoa-mass cluster that puts the product squarely in NOVA group 4.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken) — Chapter 4: The discovery of UPF: rice, glucose syrup, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder, cocoa mass, salt, barley malt extract, flavourings