11/14 ingredients recognized
Duncan hines, summer velvets, moist cake mix, red velvet, blue velvet
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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
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 (palm oil), wheat starch, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate). contains 2% or less of: cocoa powder processed with alkali, emulsifier (propylene esters, mono and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), salt, dextrose, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, colored with (red 40, blue 1), cellulose gum, artificial flavor.