amber
Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
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Milk chocolate ice cream
Is Aldi Milk chocolate ice cream 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
amber
Diglycerides
Industrial fatty-acid emulsifier shown to disrupt gut mucus barrier and microbiome in mouse models. Ubiquitous in baked goods and chocolate.
Full ingredients (from label)
bourbon vanilla flavoured ice cream lollies covered in skimmed milkmilk chocolate (29%) (sugar, cocoa butter**, cocoa mass**, whey powder (milk), anhydrous milk fat, skimmed milk powder, emulsifiers: lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, natural vanilla flavouring)whey protein concentrate (milk)glucose syrupcoconut oilsugarskimmed milk powderemulsifier: mono-and diglycerides of fatty acidsplant extract (carrot concentrate)stabilisers: guar gumlocust bean gumnatural bourbon vanilla flavouringground extracted vanilla pod**rainforest alliance certifiedfind out more at raorg allergy advice:
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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