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Chocolate lover's cake mix with chocolate frosting mug cakes
Duncan HinesSnacks · 0644209425631

Chocolate lover's cake mix with chocolate frosting mug cakes

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Calcium phosphates).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 14 Nov 2022

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Calcium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Frosting51.9%No flag
  • Sugar51.9%No flag›
  • Invert sugar24%No flag›
  • Canola oil12%No flag›
  • Palm oil6%No flag›
  • Water3%No flag›
  • Cocoa powder1.5%No flag›
  • Alkalized1.5%No flag
  • Corn syrup0.8%No flag›
  • Less than 2% of0.4%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.4%No flag
  • Salt0.2%No flag›
  • Corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E435<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • Cake mixNo flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Wheat flourNo flag›
  • Cocoa powder processed with alkaliNo flag
  • Palm and palm kernel oilNo flag
  • Wheat starchNo flag›
  • Raising agentNo flag
  • E500iiNo flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341iNo flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541No flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • EggsNo flag›
  • Cocoa powderNo flag›
  • Natural flavouringNo flag
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • WheyNo flag›
  • Calcium phosphates (E341)Low

    Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

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Frosting: sugar, invert sugar, canola oil, palm oil, water, cocoa powder (alkalized), corn syrup, less than 2% of: mono and diglycerides, salt, corn starch, natural flavor, polysorbate 60, potassium sorbate (preservative), citric acid. cake mix: sugar, wheat flour, cocoa powder processed with alkali, palm and palm kernel oil, wheat starch, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, eggs, cocoa powder, natural flavor, soy lecithin, whey.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 14 Nov 2022

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 4 low · 7 not assessed

7 of 13 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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