11/14 ingredients recognized
Charm city cakes, pink cadillac premium 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
cellulose gum
Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.
modified food 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, vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: [palm and/or soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated soybean oil] wit emulsifier [propylene glycol mono-and diesters, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin] and preservative [citric acid, bht]), leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: modified corn starch, dextrose, natural and artificial flavor, salt, corn cereal (steamed and rolled corn grits), cellulose gum, guar gum, modified food starch, color red (red 40, red 40 lake).