11/14 ingredients recognized
Key food, deluxe devil's food cake mix
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Flagged concerns
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
food starch-modified
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
vegetable shortening with emulsifier
Highly refined fat blend; typically palm or soybean based; ultra-processed origin
sugar
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
Enriched bleached flour (bleached flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, animal and vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: beef fat, lard, tallow, soybean oil) with emulsifier (propylene glycol monoesters, mono - and diglycerides, lecithin) and preservative (tbhq, bht, citric acid), cocoa (processed with alkali), leavening (baking soda, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), wheat starch, food starch-modified, salt, corn starch, artificial flavor, guar gum