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Easy cake kit strawberries creme cake mix
Duncan HinesSnacks · 0644209425396

Easy cake kit strawberries creme cake mix

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Calcium phosphates).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 28 Oct 2024

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are 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.
  2. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Cake mix51.3%No flag
  • Sugar24.3%No flag›
  • Wheat flour12.2%No flag›
  • Wheat flour6.1%No flag›
  • Macn3%No flag
  • Reduced iron thamine mononitrate1.5%No flag
  • Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
  • Folic acidi0.4%No flag
  • Vegetable oil shortening0.2%No flag
  • Palm oill wheat starch<0.1%No flag
  • Raising agent<0.1%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341i<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphatel artificial strawberry bits<0.1%No flag
  • SugarNo flag›
  • Yellow corn flourNo flag
  • DextroseNo flag›
  • Modified food starchNo flag›
  • Canola oilNo flag›
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • MaltodextrinNo flag›
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
  • NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR RED 40 and BLUE 21 EMULSIFIER PROPYLENE ESTERSNo flag
  • MOND and DIGLYCERIDESNo flag
  • Sodum stearoyl lactylateNo flag
  • SaltNo flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Cellulose gum · E466Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR CITRIC ACID COLORED WITH RED 40 LAKE FROSTINGNo flag
  • Sugar shortening palm oilNo flag
  • Canola oilNo flag›
  • Mono- and DIGLYCERIDES · E471No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
  • WaterNo flag›
  • CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF CORN SYRUPNo flag
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • Modified food starchNo flag›
  • Natural flavor saltNo flag
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Rosemary extract · E392No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Citric acid · E330No 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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CAKE MIX (SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MACN, REDUCED IRON THAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACIDI, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (PALM OILL WHEAT STARCH, LEAVENING BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATEL ARTIFICIAL STRAWBERRY BITS (SUGAR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CANOLA OIL, CORN STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR RED 40 AND BLUE 21 EMULSIFIER PROPYLENE ESTERS, MOND AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR CITRIC ACID COLORED WITH RED 40 LAKE FROSTING (SUGAR SHORTENING PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CORN SYRUP, CORN STARCH, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR SALT, PRESERVATIVE (ROSEMARY EXTRACT, POTASSIUM SORBATE, CITRIC ACID) CONTAINS: WHEAT.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 28 Oct 2024

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.
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 moderate · 4 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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