11/13 ingredients recognized
Classic white extra moist deluxe cake mix
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Flagged concerns
mono - and 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
modified corn starch
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
dextrose
Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike
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
Sugar, enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening ([contains one or more of the following: palm oil and/or soybean oil], propylene glycol monoesters, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin), modified corn starch, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of each of the following: propylene glycol mono - and diesters, salt, mono - and diglycerides, dextrose, artificial flavor, lecithin, xanathan gum, citric acid.