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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doughnuts filled with a luxurious gooey caramel centre
Is Cadbury doughnuts filled with a luxurious gooey caramel centre 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
E481
Industrial dough conditioner / emulsifier. Same Chassaing-class concerns for gut-barrier disruption.
Full ingredients (from label)
Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin and Thiamin); Vegetable oils and fats (Palm, Rapeseed, Palm kernel stearin, Coconut, (in varying proportions); Water; Blend of caramel flavour milk and white chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa butter, Whole milk powder, Whey powder (from milk), Caramelised sugar, Cocoa mass, Emulsifier (Lecithins (Soy)), Flavouring); Sugar; Golden syrup; Glucose syrup; Milk chocolate (Milk, Sugar, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Vegetable fat (Palm), Emulsifier (E442), Flavourings); Salted Butter (from milk); Sweetened condensed milk (Milk, Sugar, Lactose (from milk)); Maize starch; Yeast; Emulsifier (E471, E481, Lecithins (Soy)); Dextrose; Raising agents (E501, E450, E341); Skimmed milk powder; Fat reduced cocoa powder; Salt; Corn flour; Soya flour; Flavouring; Gelling Agent: Pectins: Flour treatment agent: (E300
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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