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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On The Menu Roast Chicken Rolls 179g
Is On The Menu Roast Chicken Rolls 179g 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
E407
Gut inflammation concerns; contested in research literature but worth a trial of avoidance for IBS.
Full ingredients (from label)
Sesame Seed Roll (53%) (Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Vegetable Oils, Sugar, Sesame Seeds, Iodised Salt,
Wheat Gluten, Soya Flour, Emulsifiers (471, 481), Preservative (282), Vitamins (Thiamin, Folate), Roast
Chicken (36%) (Chicken (91%), Water, Thickener (1414), Soy Protein, Salt, Mineral Salts (451, 450,452, 508),
Dextrose, Hydrolysed Maize Protein, Maltodextrin (Maize), Vegetable Gum (407), Flavours, Yeast Extract, Food
Acid (331)), Mayonnaise (11%) (Water, Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Thickener (1422), Glucose, Salt, Food Acids (260,
330), Mustard Flour, Vegetable Gum (415), Preservative (202), Antioxidant (385), Turmeric, Natural Colour
(160b), Mixed Herbs (0.02%)).
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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