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16/18 ingredients recognized

Ingredient Safety43
Quality24
Contaminants100
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Classic Yellow Cake Mix

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Flagged concerns

CANOLA OIL

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

MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES

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

BHT

Possible carcinogen; liver and kidney effects in animals; endocrine activity.

ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR

Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure

CONTAINS OR LESS OF: DEXTROSE

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

MODIFIED CORN STARCH

Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.

CELLULOSE GUM

Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.

SUGAR

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.

Full ingredient list

ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DEXTROSE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SALT, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, CORN STARCH, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CELLULOSE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, BHT (ANTIOXIDANT), CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANT)

Ingredient analysis