10/12 ingredients recognized
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
modified corn starch
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
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
Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, animal and vegetable shortening ([contains one or more of the following: beef fat, tallow, soybean oil], with emulsifier [propylene glycol monoesters, mono-and diglycerides, soy lecithin] and preservative [bht, citric acid]), cocoa (processed with alkali), leavening (baking soda, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: wheat starch, modified corn starch, salt, artificial flavor, guar gum.