34/39 ingredients recognized
Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow
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Flagged concerns
soybean oil
High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.
titanium dioxide
Whitening agent; EU-banned as food additive since 2022 (E171) over genotoxicity concerns; nanoparticle accumulation.
corn oil
Industrial seed oil; high omega-6; refined and often GMO; oxidation-prone.
yellow 6
Hyperactivity; allergic reactions; contaminated with carcinogens benzidine and 4-aminobiphenyl.
yellow 5
ADHD link; allergic reactions; hyperactivity in children; possible carcinogen.
mono & diglycerides
Emulsifier; can contain trans fats not captured on the nutrition label; ultra-processed marker.
monoglycerides
Emulsifier; can contain trans fats not captured on the nutrition label; ultra-processed marker.
artificial flavors
Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure
food starch-modified
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
dextrose
Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike
Full ingredient list
Sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, food starch-modified, dry egg whites, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), nonfat dry milk, soybean oil, propylene glycol mono & diesters of fatty acids, mono & diglycerides, sodium caseinate, salt, soy lecithin, sorbitan monostearate, vital wheat gluten, prophylene glycol monostearate, xanthan gum, monoglycerides, natural and artificial flavors, dextrose, polysorbate 60, corn starch, sorbic acid and sodium benzoate (as preservatives), sodium stearoyl lactylate, titanium dioxide (as color), lactic acid, agar, glycerin, corn oil, whole egg, propylene glycol, beta carotene as color, yellow 5, yellow 6, citric acid, vitamin e, alpha tocopherols as preservative.