11/13 ingredients recognized
Duncan hines, signature cake mix, banana supreme
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Flagged concerns
vegetable oil shortening
Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.
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
Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil shortening (partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, soy lecithin), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, dicalcium phosphate). contains 2% or less of: wheat starch, emulsifier (propylene glycol mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, citric acid to protect flavor), dehydrated banana flakes, salt, dextrose, pecan meal, cellulose gum, artificial flavor, xanthan gum, colored with (caramel color, yellow 5 lake, red 40 lake).