amber
E481
Industrial dough conditioner / emulsifier. Same Chassaing-class concerns for gut-barrier disruption.
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McVitie's Digestives Choc Tops Milk Chocolate 100g
Is McVitie's Digestives Choc Tops Milk Chocolate 100g 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)
Wheat FlourMilk Chocolate (15%) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Milk Solids, Vegetable Oil (Shea, Palm), Butter Oil (Milk), Emulsifiers (322 (Soy), 476), Salt, Flavouring)Cream Filling (13%) (Vegetable Oil (Palm, Sunflower), Sugar, Milk Solids, Maltodextrin, Emulsifier (322) (Soy), Salt, Flavouring)Wholemeal Wheat FlourSugarPalm OilWaterInvert SyrupMalt Extract (Barley)Wheat BranCocoa ButterRaising Agents (500, 450, 503)Milk SolidsSaltEmulsifiers (481, 322 (Soy))FlavouringPasteurized EggColour (150a)EnzymeMilk Chocolate contains min. 38% Cocoa Solids and min. 14% Milk Solids
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.
This is automated analysis of a published label, not medical advice — always verify the label yourself before changing products. Methodology and source list at scan.lowtoxgear.com.