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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Cake bars caramel
Is Cadbury Cake bars caramel 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)
Milk Chocolate (34%) [Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Dried Skimmed Milk, Milk Fat, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea, Sal, Mango in varying proportions), Dried Whey (from Milk), Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin)]Caramel Topping (28%) [Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk, Salted Butter, Sugar, Invert Sugar Syrup, Glucose Syrup, Water, Humectant (Glycerol), Gelling Agents (Pectin, E401), Salt, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Flavourings]Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin)Glucose SyrupWaterSugarHumectant (Glycerol)Dried Whole EggFat Reduced CocoaDried Whey (from Milk)Soya FlourVegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed)Raising Agents (E450, Sodium Bicarbonate)SaltEmulsifier (E471)Milk Protein
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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