10/12 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 12 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
The original decadent salted caramel bar
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Flagged concerns
soybean oil
High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.
artificial flavor
Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure
natural flavor
Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.
caramel color
Ammonia-process caramel coloring; may contain 4-MEI; ultra-processed marker.
powdered sugar
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
Cake base (sugar, enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], nonfat milk, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, food starch-modified, leavening [sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate], palm oil, egg whites, dextrose, salt, soy lecithin, polysorbate 60, soybean oil, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, water, guar gum, cellulose gum, natural flavor, acacia gum, citric acid), powdered sugar (sugar, corn starch), unsalted butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavors), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), egg, caramel sauce (sweetened condensed whole milk, sugar, corn syrup, water, coconut oil, pectin, salt, potassium sorbate preservative, sodium bicarbonate, vanilla extract), artificial flavor, natural flavor, salt, caramel color, soybean oil, soy lecithin.