amber
E471
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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Creamy Mushroom with Croutons
Is Coles Creamy Mushroom with Croutons 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
E481
Industrial dough conditioner / emulsifier. Same Chassaing-class concerns for gut-barrier disruption.
amber
E635
MSG-family flavour enhancer (mix of E627 + E631). Always paired with MSG.
Full ingredients (from label)
maltodextrincream powder [stabilisers (340, 451, 452), glucose syrup, coconut fatty acid, emulsifiers (471, 481, 322 (soy)), milk protein, anticaking agent (551), flavouring]thickener (tapioca starch)croutons (10%) [wheat flour, palm oil**, salt, yeast, rosemary extract]potato floursaltsugarmushroom extractmineral salt (508)onion powderyeast extractflavour enhancer (635)mushrooms (0,5%)natural flavouringsunflower oilchivesnatural colour (caramel)black pepperacidity regulator (296)** contributes to the production of certified sustainable palm oil
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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