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Yellow 6 Lake
Hyperactivity link in childhood studies; warnings required in EU.
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Rice Krispies Treats Rainbow
Is Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats Rainbow low tox? Our scanner flagged 8 ingredients (8 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
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8 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
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Blue 2 Lake
Coal-tar derived.
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Yellow 5 Lake
Implicated in childhood hyperactivity (Southampton study) and MCAS reactions.
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Blue 1 Lake
Coal-tar derived dye; absorbed through compromised gut barrier.
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Tbhq
Petroleum-derived antioxidant; immune-modulating in animal studies.
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Datem
Bread-conditioning emulsifier in the diglyceride family flagged by Chassaing 2015; sensitisation reported in case studies.
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Acetylated Monoglycerides
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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BHT
Endocrine concerns at high exposure levels.
Full ingredients (from label)
Toasted rice cereal (rice, sugar, salt, malt flavor, niacinamide, reduced iron, vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid)corn syrupfructosemilk chocolate gems (milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, milk, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor], sugar, yellow 6 lake, blue 2 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 6, gum acacia, corn syrup, carnauba wax, shellac)vegetable oil (soybean and palm oil with TBHQ for freshness)sugarcorn syrup solidsvegetable glycerindextrosegelatinnatural and artificial flavorssaltDATEMacetylated monoglyceridessoy lecithinBHT
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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