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 Roses 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 syrupcoa butter vegetable fats (palm, shea)cocoa masswhy powder (from MILK)glucose-fructose syrupELNUTS skimmed MILK powderwhey permete powder (from MILK)emulsifiers (E442, E471, lecithins (contain SOYA) E476)fat-reduced cocoa powderMIEK fathumectant (glycerol)flavouringssaltacidity regulater (sodium carbonates)acid (citric acid)colours (anthocyanins, paprika extract)stabiliser (E509). MAY CONTAIN OTHER NUTS. MILK CHOCOLATE: MILK SOLIDS 14 % MINIMUM MILK CHOCOLATE: MILK SOLIDS 20% MINIMUM CONTAINS VEGETABLE FATS IN ADDITION TO COCOA BUTTER Occasionally it is necessary to replace a particular chocolate with another of an equally high standard Chocolates should be kept in a cool dry place. Exposure to heat or sunlight can cause the cocoa butterto move to the surface. This may result in a harmless white bloom developing on the chocolate. e 270 g faile Gr
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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