10/12 ingredients recognized
Spartan, devil's food deluxe moist 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
modified corn starch
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
cellulose gum
Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.
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
Sugar, enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cocoa (processed with alkali), dextrose, vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: palm and/or soybean oil) with emulsifier (propylyene glycol mono - and diesters, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin), modified corn starch, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: salt, cellulose gum, guar gum, artificial flavor, preservative (bht, citric acid).