22/26 ingredients recognized
Mug cakes lemon flavored cake mix with vanilla frosting
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Flagged concerns
canola oil
Industrial seed oil; very high omega-6; hexane-extracted and heavily refined; promotes inflammatory imbalance.
corn syrup
Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.
diglycerides
Emulsifier; can contain trans fats not captured on the nutrition label; ultra-processed marker.
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.
natural flavor
Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.
polysorbate 60
Synthetic emulsifier; similar gut microbiome disruption concerns as polysorbate 80
invert sugar
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
Frosting: sugar, invert sugar, canola oil, palm oil, water, corn syrup, less than 2% of: mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, corn starch, food starch-modified, salt, potassium sorbate (preservative), natural flavor, citric acid. cake mix: sugar, wheat flour, palm and palm kernel oil, wheat starch, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), eggs, salt, natural flavor, whey, nonfat milk, soy lecithin.