18/21 ingredients recognized
Powdered Sugar Krispy Juniors Doughnuts
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Flagged concerns
soybean oil
High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.
coating , artificial color, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, calcium propionate , corn starch, artificial flavor)
Broad catch-all for synthetic dyes; ADHD links; potential carcinogens.
monoglycerides
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
cellulose gum
Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.
vegetable shortening
Highly refined fat blend; typically palm or soybean based; ultra-processed origin
sugar
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
Doughnut (wheat flour, enriched, wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid and enzyme), water, vegetable shortening (palm oil, fully and/or partially hydrogenated soybean oil, and/or partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, cottonseed oil, and/or soybean oil, mono and diglycerides and polyglycerol esters and/or bht and/or tocopherol and/or citric acid), sugar, soybean oil, egg yolks, soy flour, natural and artificial flavor, whey, sodium acid pyrophosphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, salt, dried milk powder, lecithin, sodium propionate (to maintain freshness), cellulose gum, monoglycerides, propylene glycol monoesters); coating (dextrose, food starch-modified, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed oil), artificial color, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, calcium propionate (to maintain freshness), corn starch, artificial flavor).