Root beer, orange, grape lowfat ice cream coated with a quiecently frozen confection float bars

corn syrup

Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.

diglycerides

Emulsifier; can contain trans fats not captured on the nutrition label; ultra-processed marker.

artificial flavor

Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure

cellulose gum

Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.

carrageenan

Intestinal inflammation; may exacerbate IBS; degraded form is carcinogenic.

sugar

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.