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Colour: Carmines
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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Rocky Road Mini Bites
Is Aldi Specially Selected, Aldi Rocky Road Mini Bites 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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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)
milk chocolate (37%) (sugar, cocoa butter*, whole milk powder, cocoa mass*, natural vanilla flavouring, emulsifier leathins (soya))wheat flourmarshmallow (11%) (glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, water, dextrose, pork gelatine flavouring, colour: carmines)dark chocolate (8%) (cocoa mass*, sugar, cocoa butter*, natural vanilla flavouring emulsifier: lecithins (soya))palm oilcoconut oilsugarinvert sugar syruprapeseed oilglucose syrupdextrose emulsifiers: mono-and diglycerides of fatty acidslecithins (soya)glucose-fructose syrupsweetened condensed milk (whole milk, sugar)saltraising agents: ammonium carbonatessodium carbonateswheat starchbarley malt extracthumectant: glycerolsalted butter (butter (milk), salt)flavouringrainforest alliance certifiedfind out more at raorgallergy advice: for allergenssee ingredients in boldmay also contain nutspeanuts and egg220ge 6000159
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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