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E466
The 2015 Chassaing et al. study in Nature showed this emulsifier disrupts gut microbiota and induces low-grade inflammation.
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Woolworths Leo The Lion Cake 900g
Is Woolworths Leo The Lion Cake 900g 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)
SugarButter (Milk)Sugar Mixture (Sugar, Maize Starch)WaterFlour (Wheat Flour, Vitamins (Thiamin, Folic Acid))Wheat FlourCanola OilLight Sour Cream (Milk)MilkNeufchatel Cheese (Milk)Cocoa PowderLion Kit (1.8%) (Sugar, Corn Starch, Thickeners (401, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, 466), Natural Colours (Curcumin, Vegetable Carbon, Beet Red), Garbanzo Water)Dried EggChoc Sprinkles (0.9%) (Sugar, Palm Fat, Cocoa Powder, Thickeners (Tapioca Starch, 1422), Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin))Vanilla Extract (Vanilla Extract (Alcohol), Natural Flavours, Natural Colour (Caramel I))Raising Agent (Sodium Carbonate)SaltBaking Powder (Mineral Salt (450, Sodium Carbonate), Cornflour)Natural Colour (Annatto Extracts)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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