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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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La Famiglia Garlic Bread Sourdough 480g
Is La Famiglia Garlic Bread Sourdough 480g 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)
Keep refrigerated at 2-4C. If freezingonce thawefermented wheat flour)cultured wheat flouriodised saltvinegarwheat semolinawheat glutenmalt wheat flourvitamins (thiamin, folic acid)).Bread (wheat flour, water, yeast, sourdough (2%) (fermented wheat flour), cultured wheat flour, iodised salt, vinegar, wheat semolina, wheat gluten, malt wheat flour, vitamins (thiamin, folic acid)).Spread (butter (9%) (cream, water, salt), margarine (vegetable oil, water, salt, vegetable emulsifiers (471, soy lecithin), natural flavour, antioxidant (307b), natural colour (160a)), fresh garlic (2%), parsley (0.5%), onion, canola 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.
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