amber
E476
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
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Nestle Cereal Bars Milo
Is Nestlé, Milo Nestle Cereal Bars Milo low tox? Our scanner flagged 3 ingredients (3 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
3 caution
3 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
amber
Sulphites
Documented MCAS, asthma and migraine trigger in sensitive individuals.
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)
Wholegrain wheat flour (19%)white chocolate (sugar, milk solids, cocoa butter, emulsifiers [soy lecithin, 476])glucose syrup [wheat, preservative (sulphites)]wheat flourformulated supplementary food base (9%) extract of malted barley and rice or wheat or barley milk solidssugarcocoaminerals (calcium, iron)maltodextrin (com)vitamins (C, B3, A, B6, D, B2, B12)emulsifier (soy lecithin)]invert sugarmodified starch (1412) (wheat)maltodextrin (wheat)humectants (420, 422)vegetable oil (soy)malt extract (barley)cocoasugarflavouremulsifier (471)salt antioxidant (307b). Contains a total of 7% milk solids as well as 9% MILO. Contains wheatbarleymilksulphites and soy
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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