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 milk chocolate
Is cadbury milk chocolate 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 fa Dried whey (milk), Emulsifier (Soy lecithin)]Vanilla Navour filling (28%) [Vegetable oils, Glucose syrup, Dextrose, Sugar, Water, Emulsifier (471), Flavouring]Sugarmer Relations Suite G34 Suakin DriveWheat flourWaterGlucose syrupHumectant 00pm AEST Mon-Fri) SMAN. NSW 2088. AUSTRALIA Foods Group Ltdunder licence ational group. All trademarks and ondelēz International group. entrium Business ParkSt Albans(Glycerol)Dried whole eggFat reduced coa Vegetable oilsDried whey (milk)Soy flourRaising agents (450, Sodium bicarbonate)Dried egg whiteEmulsifier (471)Salt. NGDOM FROM INGREDIENTS. pack i uitable for CONTAINS: WHEATGLUTENEGGMILK AND SOY MAY CONTAIN TREE NUTS
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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