amber
Carrageenan
Gut inflammation concerns; contested in research literature but worth a trial of avoidance for IBS.
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Woolworths Indulgent Chocolate & Caramel Cake 400g
Is Woolworths Indulgent Chocolate & Caramel Cake 400g low tox? Our scanner flagged 2 ingredients (2 in the caution tier) on its published label, screened against our 237 source-cited chemical rules.
2 caution
2 ingredients flagged
What we flagged
amber
E476
Castor-oil-derived emulsifier ubiquitous in compound chocolate. Same gut-barrier concerns as the other Chassaing-class emulsifiers.
Full ingredients (from label)
Dulce De Leche (21%) (Skim Milk, Full Cream Milk, Cane Sugar, Canola Oil, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Vegetable Gum (Carrageenan), Preservative (potassium Sorbate))SugarWaterDark Chocolate (7%) ( Sugar, Cocoa Mass(1), Cocoa Butter(1), Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin, 476), Natural Flavouring)Cream (Milk)Wheat FlourFlour (Wheat Flour, Vitamins (T hiamine, Folate))Canola OilSour Cream (Cream ( Milk), Pectin, Milk Solids, Sour Cream Cultures)MilkCocoa Powder(1) (1%)EggCaramelised HazelnutsVanilla Natural FlavourAcidity Regulator ( Sodium Carbonate)Baking Powder (Mineral Salts (4 50, Sodium Carbonate), Wheat Flour)Dark Chocolate Cocoa Nibs (contains Cocoa Mass(1), Cocoa Butter (1), Milk, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Vanilla natural Flavouring)SaltPreservative (Potassium sorbate). (1) Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at ra.org
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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