amber
E476
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
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Mint Ice Cream
Is Cadbury Mint Ice Cream 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
E471
Industrial fatty-acid emulsifier shown to disrupt gut mucus barrier and microbiome in mouse models. Ubiquitous in baked goods and chocolate.
Full ingredients (from label)
CADBURY MILK CHOCOLATE** (37%) (MILK, SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, COCOA MASS, VEGETABLE FAT (PALM), EMULSIFIERS (E442, E476), FLAVOURINGS)PARTIALLY RECONSTITUTED SKIMMED MILK CONCENTRATECOCONUT OILSUGARMINT FLAVOURED SUGAR PIECES (4.5%) (SUGAR, PALM OIL, FLAVOURING)GLUCOSE SYRUPDRIED WHEY (FROM MILK)EMULSIFIER (E471)STABILISERS (E412, E410)INVERT SUGAR SYRUPSPIRULINA CONCENTRATEFLAVOURINGCOLOUR (CURCUMIN). MAY CONTAIN PEANUTSNUTS. SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS. THE NATURAL COLOURS IN THIS PRODUCT MAY STAIN. STORE BELOW - 18°C. KEEP FROZEN. FOR BEST BEFORE END LIFT THE FLAP. **THE EQUIVALENT OF 426ML OF FRESH LIQUID MILK IN EVERY 227G OF MILK CHOCOLATE. A TRADEMARK OF THE MONDELÉZ INTERNATIONAL GROUP USED UNDER LICENCE TO FRONERI INTERNATIONAL LTD. 17 Q AND UNIT D. BALDONNELL BUSINESS PARKBALDONNELL
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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