amber
E471
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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Cadbury Dairy Milk Daim
Is Cadbury Dairy Milk Daim low tox? Our scanner flagged 1 ingredient (1 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
1 caution
1 ingredient flagged
What we flagged
Full ingredients (from label)
Watermilk chocolate (15%) (_milk_, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, vegetable fats (palm, shea), emulsifier (E442), flavourings)milk chocolate coated almond caramel pieces (14%) (sugar, palm oil, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, _almonds_ (3%), dried whey (from _milk), dried skimmed _milk_, _milk_ fat, modified whey (from _milk_), sweetened condensed skimmed _milk_, salt, emulsifier (_soya_ lecithin), glazing agents (E414, maltodextrin), flavourings)concentrated skimmed _milk_sugardried _buttermilk_palm oil_cream_fat reduced cocoa powdermodified maize starchemulsifier (E471)pork gelatinedried whey (from _milk_)stabilisers (E412, pectin)dried glucose syrupacidity regulator (sodium citrates)salt.
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.
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