amber
Tbhq
Petroleum-derived antioxidant; immune-modulating in animal studies.
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Special K Strawberry Pastry Crisps
Is Kellogg's Special K Strawberry Pastry Crisps low tox? Our scanner flagged 5 ingredients (5 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
5 caution
5 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
amber
Datem
Bread-conditioning emulsifier in the diglyceride family flagged by Chassaing 2015; sensitisation reported in case studies.
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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.
amber
Red 40
Implicated in childhood hyperactivity (Southampton study). Banned in some EU member states.
amber
BHT For Freshness
Endocrine concerns at high exposure levels.
Full ingredients (from label)
enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid)sugarfructoseglycerolvegetable oil (soybean, palm, and palm kernel oil with tbhq for freshness)dextrosemaltodextrincontains two percent or less of modified corn starchnonfat dry milkapple powderstrawberry puree concentratereduced mineral wheyinvert sugarcornstarchsoy lecithinleavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate)saltdatemcellulose gelnatural and artificial flavorcitric acidmono - and diglyceridescellulose gumsodium citratemalic acidcolor addedsodium alginatecaramel colorxanthan gumtricalcium phosphatered 40vanilla extractbht for freshness
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.
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