20/22 ingredients recognized
Funfetti Cake Mix
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Flagged concerns
artificial flavor, blue 1 lake, carnauba wax, yellow 6 lake)
Hyperactivity; allergic reactions; contaminated with carcinogens benzidine and 4-aminobiphenyl.
contains or less of: canola oil
Industrial seed oil; very high omega-6; hexane-extracted and heavily refined; promotes inflammatory imbalance.
monoglycerides
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
dextrose
Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike
cellulose gum
Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.
Full ingredient list
enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar candy bits (sugar, corn starch, vegetable oil (palm and palm kernel), soy lecithin, dextrin, confectioner's glaze, red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, natural and artificial flavor, blue 1 lake, carnauba wax, yellow 6 lake), leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: canola oil, dextrose, salt, cellulose, corn starch, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, monoglycerides, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, cellulose gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, whey, sodium caseinate, palm kernel oil, bht, citric acid.