11/13 ingredients recognized
Duncan hines, signature cake mix, strawberry supreme
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Flagged concerns
vegetable oil shorten-ing
Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.
red 40 lake
Linked to ADHD in children; potential carcinogen; may contain carcinogenic contaminants.
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 shorten-ing (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats, mono and diglycerides), strawberry flavored bits (sugar, corn syrup, corn cereal, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed and/or soybean], modified food starch, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, red 40, blue 2), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), contains 2% or less of: wheat starch, salt, dextrose, cellulose gum, artificial flavor, citric acid, xanthan gum, red 40 lake