16/18 ingredients recognized
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)