15/18 ingredients recognized
Dean's, country fresh, premium ice cream, red velvet cake
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Flagged concerns
high fructose corn syrup
Linked to obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease; often contains mercury from chlor-alkali processing.
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.
red 40
Linked to ADHD in children; potential carcinogen; may contain carcinogenic contaminants.
artificial flavors
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.
Full ingredient list
Milkfat and nonfat milk, sugar, cream cheese swirl [sugar, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean, xanthan, guar gum), invert sugar, water, cornstarch, titanium dioxide (color), natural flavors], red velvet dough bits [wheat flour, sugar, palm and palm kernel oils, water, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cocoa (processed with alkali), powdered sugar (sugar, cornstarch), fructose, natural and artificial flavors, corn syrup solids, soybean oil, salt, high fructose corn syrup, corn flour, red 40, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin], corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of cocoa (processed with alkali), whey, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, guar gum, natural and artificial flavors, salt, carrageenan, red 40.