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Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids
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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Mr Kipling Choc Slice 6 pack
Is Mr Kipling Choc Slice 6 pack low tox? Our scanner flagged 3 ingredients (3 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
3 caution
3 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
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Sodium Metabisulphite
Documented MCAS, asthma and migraine trigger in sensitive individuals.
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Titanium Dioxide
Banned as a food additive in the EU (2022) due to nano-particle genotoxicity concerns. Inhalation classified IARC Group 2B.
Full ingredients (from label)
<p>Sugar Vegetable Oils Water Wheat Flour Glucose Syrup Humectant (Vegetable Glycerine)Fat Reduced Cocoa PowderInvert Sugar SyrupDextrose <span id="selectionBoundary_1640241258538_5093777282032701" class="rangySelectionBoundary">?</span>Dried Egg White Whey Powder Maize Starch Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate)Emulsifiers (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Sorbitan Monostearate, Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids, Soy Lecithin, Polysorbate 60)Vegetable Fats Tapioca Starch Skimmed Milk Powder Salt Barley Malt Extract Stabilisers (Xanthan Gum, Sorbitan Tristearate)Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite)Milk ProteinsGelling Agent (Sodium Alginate)Colour (Titanium Dioxide)FlavouringsAcid (Acetic Acid) </p>
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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