22/25 ingredients recognized
Funfetti Cake Mix
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Flagged concerns
CONTAINS OR LESS OF: CANOLA OIL
Industrial seed oil; very high omega-6; hexane-extracted and heavily refined; promotes inflammatory imbalance.
ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARNAUBA WAX, RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE)
Linked to ADHD in children; potential carcinogen; may contain carcinogenic contaminants.
DIGLYCERIDES
Emulsifier; can contain trans fats not captured on the nutrition label; ultra-processed marker.
BHT
Possible carcinogen; liver and kidney effects in animals; endocrine activity.
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.
SUGAR
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANDY BITS (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM AND PALM KERNEL), CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, DEXTRIN, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARNAUBA WAX, RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE), LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), WHEAT STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CANOLA OIL, DEXTROSE, SALT, CELLULOSE, CORN STARCH, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CELLULOSE GUM, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY, SODIUM CASEINATE, PALM KERNEL OIL, CITRIC ACID, BHT.