12/13 ingredients recognized
Decadent premium chocolate baking mix, chocolate
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Flagged concerns
vegetable oil shortening
Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.
dextrose
Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike
food starch-modified
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
natural flavor
Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.
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), cocoa powder processed with alkali, vegetable oil shortening (palm oil), dextrose, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, dicalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate). contains 2% or less of: emulsifier (propylene esters, mono and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), food starch-modified, wheat starch, salt, natural flavor, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, vanillin (artificial flavor).