amber
Includes Blue 1 Lake
Coal-tar derived dye; absorbed through compromised gut barrier.
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CABREW CHOCOLATE CANDIES 190 M&Ms m NET WT 1.41 02
Is Mars CABREW CHOCOLATE CANDIES 190 M&Ms m NET WT 1.41 02 low tox? Our scanner flagged 4 ingredients (4 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
4 caution
4 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
amber
Yellow 6
Hyperactivity link in childhood studies; warnings required in EU.
amber
Yellow 5
Implicated in childhood hyperactivity (Southampton study) and MCAS reactions.
amber
Blue 2 Lake
Coal-tar derived.
Full ingredients (from label)
MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, SKIM MILK, LACTOSE, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR)SUGARCORN SYRUPHYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND PALM OILS)SKIM MILKMILKFAT; LESS THAN 2% OF: CORNSTARCHLACTOSEDEXTRINSALTCOLORS (INCLUDES BLUE 1 LAKE, YELLOW 6, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, BLUE 2)CARNAUBA WAXNATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORSCHOCOLATEGUM ACACIA ALLERGY INFORMATION: CONTAINS MILK AND SOY. MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS
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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