32/38 ingredients recognized
Ice cream cupcakes
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Flagged concerns
high fructose corn syrup
Linked to obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease; often contains mercury from chlor-alkali processing.
soybean oil
High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.
artificial color
Broad catch-all for synthetic dyes; ADHD links; potential carcinogens.
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
dextrose
Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike
modified cornstarch
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
natural flavor
Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.
cellulose gum
Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.
Full ingredient list
Sugar, skim milk, egg whites, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cream, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa alkali processed, chocolate curls (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, butter oil, soy lecithin, natural flavor), contains less than 2% of the following: egg yolks, corn syrup, soybean oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, aluminum sulfate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, modified cornstarch, whey, salt, propylene glycol monoesters, mono and diglycerides, high fructose corn syrup, natural and artificial flavor, sodium caseinate, polysorbate 60, natural flavor, cellulose gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, guar gum, xanthan gum, soy lecithin, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, locust bean gum, carbohydrate gum, soy protein isolate, sorbitan monostearate, carrageenan, artificial color (red 40), colored with beta carotene.