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Trader Joe’s

Brown Sugar Cardamom Buns

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Flagged concerns

CANOLA OIL

Industrial seed oil; very high omega-6; hexane-extracted and heavily refined; promotes inflammatory imbalance.

CANOLA LECITHIN

Industrial seed oil; very high omega-6; hexane-extracted and heavily refined; promotes inflammatory imbalance.

MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS

Emulsifier; can contain trans fats not captured on the nutrition label; ultra-processed marker.

DEXTROSE

Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike

GLUCOSE SYRUP

Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike

NATURAL FLAVOR

Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.

VITAMIN A PALMITATE

May enhance tumor development when applied on skin exposed to UV; avoid in daytime SPF products.

SUGAR

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.

BROWN SUGAR

White sugar with trace molasses; marginally better than refined white sugar

WHEAT GLUTEN

Isolated wheat protein; can drive gut inflammation; removed from bran and germ

Full ingredient list

WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SUGAR, PALM OIL, BROWN SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, SKIM MILK POWDER, CARDAMOM, EGG WHITE, WHEY POWDER, EGG, EGG YOLK, DEXTROSE, SALT, WHEAT GLUTEN, CORN FLOUR, PECTIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS, COCONUT OIL, DISODIUM DIPHOSPHATE, CITRUS FIBER, CANOLA LECITHIN, SODIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM ALGINATE, GLUCOSE SYRUP, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, BETA-CAROTENE (COLOR), CITRIC ACID (ACIDIFIER), MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYME.

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