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Carmine
Insect-derived red colour. Documented IgE allergen with anaphylaxis case reports.
DiCello et al. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 1999 (carmine anaphylaxis)
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Crab rangoon
Is Aldi Crab rangoon 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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Sodium Benzoate
Implicated in childhood hyperactivity studies and reported MCAS trigger.
Full ingredients (from label)
WRAPPER (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, CORN STARCH, SALT, PRESERVATIVES [ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID])CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, STABILIZERS [GUAR GUM AND CAROB BEAN GUM])CRAB (CRAB MEAT, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE)CRAB FLAVORED SEAFOOD (FISH PROTEIN [POLLOCK AND/OR WHITING], WATER, WHEAT STARCH, EGG WHITES [WATER, EGG WHITE POWDER], SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, SORBITOL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS [HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, CRAB EXTRACT], SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, CARMINE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL COLORS)RICOTTA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED WHOLE MILK, VINEGAR, SALT)CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OILSOUR CREAM (CULTURED CREAM)SUGARWATERHEAVY CREAM (CREAM AND MILK)CORN STARCHSOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE: LESS THAN 1/10 OF 1% AS A PRESERVATIVE)LOBSTER BASE (LOBSTER [LOBSTER MEAT BODY AND LOBSTER LEGS, NATURAL COOKING EXTRACTS, VEGETABLE OIL, SALT, GUAR AND XANTHAN GUMS], CANOLA OIL, ONION, CRUSHED TOMATOES, CARROTS, CELERY, GARLIC, SEA SALT, BLACK PEPPER)ONIONMIRIN (SAKE [WATER, RICE, KOJI {ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE}], CANE SUGAR, WATER, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT)SALTGARLIC POWDERSEASONING (CELERY S
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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