8/13 ingredients recognized
How we scored this
PureScore is the stored composite of ingredient safety (40%), formulation quality (30%), contaminant risk (20%) and label transparency (10%). This label matched 8 of 13 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
Tea cakes
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Flagged concerns
soy oil
High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.
artificial colors
Broad catch-all for synthetic dyes; ADHD links; potential carcinogens.
corn syrup
Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.
artificial flavor
Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure
Full ingredient list
Cake base (sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached [flour, niacin, reduced iron, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], food starch-modified, soybean oil, dry whey, leavening [sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda], salt, vital wheat gluten, propylene glycol mono & diesters of fatty acids, mono & diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, dextrose, corn starch, tricalcium phosphate, natural and artificial flavor, water, citric acid, alpha tocopherol [as preservative], ascorbic acid [dough conditioner], egg, soy flour), white confectionary (sugar, vegetable oil [palm kernel oil and hydrogenated palm kernel oil], whey powder, whole milk solids, nonfat dry milk solids, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], salt, and artificial flavor), soy oil, water, whole eggs, strawberry flakes (sugar,vegetable oil [palm, palm kernel], wheat flour, maltic acid, natural and artificial flavor, tricalcium phosphate, sodium citrate, caramel color, red 40 lake, soy lecithin, blue 2 lake), corn syrup, natural and artificial flavor, vinegar, artificial colors (palm kernel oil, fd&c red 40 lake, fd&c blue 2 lake, lecithin), potassium sorbate (preservative), enzyme (wheat flour and 2% or less of each of the following: salt, enzymes).
Ingredient analysis
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