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Diglycerides
Industrial fatty-acid emulsifier shown to disrupt gut mucus barrier and microbiome in mouse models. Ubiquitous in baked goods and chocolate.
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Corn Flakes
Is Kellogg's Corn Flakes low tox? Our scanner flagged 6 ingredients (6 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
6 caution
6 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
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Monosodium Glutamate
Reported migraine and MCAS trigger in sensitive individuals.
Niaz et al. EXCLI J 2018 (review); Yang et al. Nutrients 1997
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Disodium Inosinate
MSG-family flavour enhancer. Always paired with MSG; same trigger profile.
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Disodium Guanylate
MSG-family flavour enhancer. Always paired with MSG; same trigger profile.
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Yellow 5
Implicated in childhood hyperactivity (Southampton study) and MCAS reactions.
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Yellow 6
Hyperactivity link in childhood studies; warnings required in EU.
Full ingredients (from label)
Dried potatoesvegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, high oleic soybean, and/or sunflower oil)degerminated yellow corn flourcornstarchrice flourmaltodextrinmono - and diglycerides.contains 2% or less of saltcoconut oilwheymonosodium glutamatecheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes)sodium caseinatenatural and artificial flavorssour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures)onion powdernonfat milksugarcitric acidlactic acidreduced lactose wheyblue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes)disodium inosinatedisodium guanylatecultured nonfat milkautolyzed yeast extractmalic acidinvert sugaryellow 5yellow 6wheat starch.
How this analysis is generated
Each ingredient on this product's published label is matched against our 237 source-cited chemical rules, each documenting a concern from peer-reviewed research and regulatory sources. Severity tiers:
- Avoid (red) — banned or restricted in the EU, UK or Canada but still legal in the US, IARC-listed, or strong contact-allergen evidence.
- Caution (amber) — regulatory caution, contamination risk, or condition-specific irritant.
- Mild (green) — low concern but commonly avoided in low-tox formulations.
Each flag links to its primary chemical-level source, and each condition pill links to a PubMed-indexed paper that discusses the chemical class in the context of that condition. Every citation is a real peer-reviewed paper — we don't link to Wikipedia or PubMed search pages. Some pairs use a topically-broad paper (e.g. a fragrance-allergen patch-test review) rather than a single-pair study where the literature is thin. The full evidence chain (chemical → mechanism → condition → paper) is one click away.
This is automated analysis of a published label, not medical advice — always verify the label yourself before changing products. Methodology and source list at scan.lowtoxgear.com.