amber
Sunset Yellow Fcf
Hyperactivity link in childhood studies; warnings required in EU.
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Arnott's Orange Slice Cream Biscuits 250g
Is Arnott's Orange Slice Cream Biscuits 250g 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
Tartrazine
Implicated in childhood hyperactivity (Southampton study) and MCAS reactions.
Full ingredients (from label)
Wheat FlourSugarVegetable Oil (Antioxidant (E307b From Soy))Milk SolidsStarch (Wheat)SaltEggsBaking PowderEmulsifier (Soy Lecithin)Orange Oil (0.05%)Food Acid (Citric Acid)Natural FlavourFood Colours (Sunset Yellow FCF, Tartrazine).
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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