Food Policies: Fairtrade | GM Foods | Better Nutritional Quality | Additives | Environmental

Less additives

Many of our customers have worries about food additives and for this reason we have put together a list of ingredients and additives that are prohibited in our own brand products:
  • Flavour Enhancers e.g. Monosodium Glutamate. This has been absent from all Budgens products since 2007
  • Hydrogenated Fats and Oils
  • Azo Dye Colours – e.g. E102, E104, E110, E122, E123, E127, E128, E129, E131, E132, E133. All carbonated drinks now contain natural colours
  • Benzoate preservatives e.g. sodium benzoate. Has recently been removed from the carbonated drinks range
  • Antioxidants BHA and BHT
Please check the labels, as whilst we have removed prohibited additives, due to packaging stocks it might be a while before the new recipe is seen in-store.