amber
E476
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
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Black Forest
Is Cadbury Black Forest low tox? Our scanner flagged 1 ingredient (1 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
1 caution
1 ingredient flagged
What we flagged
Full ingredients (from label)
FULL CREAM MILKSUGARCOCOA BUTTER. CHERRY FLAVOURED JELLIES (SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, GLUCOSE SYRUP (FROM WHEAT AND CORN), THICKENER (1401 (FROM WHEAT)), GLAZING AGENT CVEGETABLE OIL, 903)FLAVOURCOLOUR (163)FOOD ACID (330). MAIZE STARCH)COCOA MASSMILK SOLIDSBISCUIT PIECES (MHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, VEGETABLE FAT, COCOA POWDER, RAISING AGENTS (500, 503). SALT)EMULSIFIERS (SSOY LECITHIN, 476)FLAVOURS. MILK CHOCOLATE CONTAINS COCOA SOLIDS 27XNILK SOLIDS MINIMUN 24% ALLERGEN STATEMENT: CONTAINS NILKWHEAT AND SOY. MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS AND TREE NUTS.
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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