amber
E250
Documented migraine trigger via vasoactive nitric-oxide pathway.
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Hobnobs
Is Mcvitie s Hobnobs 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
amber
Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
Full ingredients (from label)
ROLLED OATS (3003). MILK CHOCOLATE (250.) (SUGAR. COCOA BUTTER, COCOA MASS. DRED SKIMMEO MILK, DRIEO WHEY. BUTTER OIC, VEGETABLE FATS (SAL AND/OR SHEA. PALM). EMULSIFIERS (SOYA LECITHIN, POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE). NATURAL FLAVOURINGI WHOLEMEAL WHEAT FLOUR (1606), SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM). GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE SYRUP. RAISING AGENTS (SODIUM BICARBONATE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE), SAÜ MICK, SOYA NEM AROMAS DE AV EIA (3000). DE
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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