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Vegetable Gums E407
Gut inflammation concerns; contested in research literature but worth a trial of avoidance for IBS.
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Kellogg's K-Time Baked Twists Apple & Blueberry Flavoured Snack Bars 9 pack
Is Kellogg's K-Time Baked Twists Apple & Blueberry Flavoured Snack Bars 9 pack 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)
Apple and blueberry flavoured filling (37%) (glucose syrup, humectant glycerol, sugar, modified starch 1442, fructose, stabiliser 460, apple puree concentrate, apple powder, maltodextrin, blueberry juice concentrate, acidity regulator 330, caramel sugar syrup, natural flavours, colour black carrot juice concentrate)wheat flourinvert syrupsugarvegetable oil (antioxidant tocopherols)thickener (cellulose)oat mealdextroseskim milk powdermaize starchdough conditioner (emulsifier soy lecithin, wheat gluten, maize starch, anti-caking agent 551, vegetable gums 407, 412)emulsifier (472a)(soy)saltraising agent (potassium bicarbonate).
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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