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Mono/Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids
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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Magnum Passionfruit White Chocolate Sticks 4 pack
Is Magnum Passionfruit White Chocolate Sticks 4 pack 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
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Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
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Carrageenan
Gut inflammation concerns; contested in research literature but worth a trial of avoidance for IBS.
Full ingredients (from label)
Dairy ingredients (reconstituted buttermilk and/or reconstituted skim milk, cream, milk fat)sugarcocoa components (6.9%^)(cocoa butter)passionfruit juice concentrate (6%)glucosetoasted coconutvegetable oilemulsifiers (mono/diglycerides of fatty acids, sunflower lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate)flavoursstabilisers (guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, tara gum)citric acidcolours (turmeric, annatto).^Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM. Find out more at ra.org.
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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