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Mono-And 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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Nutri grain soft bake breakfast bars
Is Kellogg's Nutri grain soft bake breakfast bars low tox? Our scanner flagged 2 ingredients (2 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
2 caution
2 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
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Carrageenan
Gut inflammation concerns; contested in research literature but worth a trial of avoidance for IBS.
Full ingredients (from label)
crust: whole grain oatsenriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b₁ (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b₂ (riboflavin), folic acid)whole wheat floursoybean oilsugardextrosefructosecalcium carbonatevegetable glycerininvert sugarwhey. solug rn fibersaltcellulosenatural flavorpotassium bicar tevitamin and mineral blend (salt, niacinamide, reduced ron, zinc oxide, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b₁ thiamin hydrochloride)vitamin b6 pyridoxine hydrochloride)vitamin b₂ (riboflavin)wheat branmono-and diglyceridessoy lecithinwheat glutencarrageenanguar gumfilling: invert sugarvegetable glycerincorn syrupsugarstrawberry puree concentratebutternut squash pureemodified food starchsodium citratecitric acidnatural flavorsodium alginatevegetable juice for colordicalcium phosphatemethylcelluloselemon juice concentrate. contains wheatmilk and soy ingredients.
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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