10/13 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 10 of 13 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
Pink Lemonade Cupcake Kit
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Flagged concerns
red 3
Synthetic dye; FDA-banned from food January 2025; animal carcinogen; thyroid effects.
artificial flavors
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
food starch-modified
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
enriched wheat flour
Stripped of nutrients; high glycemic; bleaching may leave chemical residue.
shortening
Highly refined fat blend; typically palm or soybean based; ultra-processed origin
Full ingredient list
Cupcake mix: sugar, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), shortening (palm oil, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), natural and artificial flavors, nonfat dry milk, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), food starch-modified (corn), salt, beta carotene (gum arabic, shortening [partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil), medium chain triglycerides, dextrin, sugar). frosting mix: confectioners' sugar (sugar, corn starch), natural and artificial flavors, red 3.