12/15 ingredients recognized
Duncan hines, autumn velvets, cake mix
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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 flavors
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.
caramel color)
Ammonia-process caramel coloring; may contain 4-MEI; ultra-processed marker.
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 aluminium 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, cellulose gum, colored with (yellow 5 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake [soy lecithin]), caramel color), artificial flavors.