amber
E476
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
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Is Cadbury Selection Box 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)
sugarglucose syruppalm oilskimmed milk powdercocoa butteringredients: milksugarcocoa buttercocoa massvegetable fats (palm, shea)cona masswhey permeate powder (from milk)milk fatemulsifiers whey powder (from milk)emulsifier (e442)flavouringsmay contain nutsmilk solids 14 % minimumcocoa solids 25 % minimumcontains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butteringredients: milk***sugarcocoa buttercocoa massvegetable fats (palm, shea)emulsifiers (e442, e476)flavouringsmay contain nutswheat***the equivalent of 426 ml of fresh liquid milk in every 227 g of milk chocolatemilk solids 20 % minimumactual 23 %cocoa solids 20 % minimum contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter(e471, sunflower lecithins, e442)flavouringssaltall priced adult ticket
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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