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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Coles Vegan Cookies and Creme ice cream
Is Coles Vegan Cookies and Creme ice cream 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)
frozen dessert [coconut cream (35%) (coconut cream, water, vegetable gum (415), water, sugar syrup, choc cookie pieces (3%) (chickpea flour, sugar, palm oil**, inverted sugar syru maize starch, cocoa powder, vanilla flavouring, raising agent (śodium carbonates), salt), glucose syrup, stabiliser (emulsifier (471, palm cil vegetable gum (412, 415, 410)), salt, natural flavouring] *contributes to the production of sustainable palm oil. allergy advice may be present: tree nuts and peanuts. storage: keep frozen. store at or below minus 18°c made in australia from australian and imported ingredients coles is a trade mark of coles group limited used under licence by coles supermarkets australia pty ltd. 800 toorak road, hawthorn east, vic 3123. call 1800 061 562 www.coles.com.au try it. love it. or your money back.
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.
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