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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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Woolworths Caramel Iced Donuts 4 pack
Is Woolworths Caramel Iced Donuts 4 pack 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.
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E472E
Bread-conditioning emulsifier in the diglyceride family flagged by Chassaing 2015; sensitisation reported in case studies.
Full ingredients (from label)
Donut (Wheat Flour, Water, Vegetable Oils (Palm, Soy (Antioxidant (307)), Dextrose, Yeast, Salt, Emulsifiers (471, 481, 472e) (Palm), Soy Flour, Raising Agents (541, 500), Milk Solids, Vegetable Gum (440), Processing Aid (Wheat)), Caramel Flavoured Ganache (22%) (White Compound Choc (Sugar, Palm Fat, Milk Solids, Emulsifier (322 (Soy)), Salt, Natural Flavour), Thickened Cream (Cream (Milk), Beef Gelatine), Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Emulsifiers (435, 471), Antioxidant (307b)), Caramel Flavouring (Sugar, Sugar Syrup, Natural Flavour, Natural Colour (Lutein), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Natural Flavour).
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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