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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Is Cadbury Heroes 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
E476
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
Full ingredients (from label)
milksugarglucose syrupcocoa buttercocoa massvegetable fats (palm, shea)glucose-fructose syrupwhey powder (from milk)skimmed milk powderwhole milk powderwhey permeate powder (from milk)emulsifiers [e442, e471, lecithins (contain soya), e476]rice flourmilk fatstabilisers (sorbitols, e509)humectant (glycerol)flavourings (contain milk)saltinvert sugar syrupfat-reduced cocoa powderacidity regulator (sodium carbonates)barley malt extractdried egg whitesacid (citric acid)colours (carotenes, paprika extract, e150d)all units may contain nutsdinky decker unit may contain peanutsnuts and wheatmilk chocolate: milk solids 14% minimummilk chocolate: milk solids 20% minimumcontains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butterexposure to heat or sunlight may result in a harmless white bloom developing on the surface of the chocolatewe are passionate about our great quality cadbury productsnot completely satisfied? please contact us: freephone 0800 818181 (uk only)mondelez ukpo box 7008birminghamb30 2ptmondelez irelandfreephone 1-800 678708 malahide roadcoolockdublin 5wwwcadburycouk best before: store in a dry place
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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