Coffee creamer, butter toffee

vegetable oil

Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.

mono - and diglycerides

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

natural flavors

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.

carrageenan

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

sugar

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.