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Moist select cake mix
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Moist select cake mix

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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. 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.
  3. 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

  • Sugar54.5%No flag›
  • Flour22.7%No flag›
  • Wheat flour11.4%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3755.7%No flag
  • Iron2.8%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.7%No flag
  • Folic acid0.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat11.4%No flag
  • Contains one and more of the following5.7%No flag
  • With emulsifier2.8%No flag
  • Propylyene glycol monoesters2.8%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4712.8%No flag
  • Soy lecithin with preservative2.8%No flag
  • Bht · E3211.4%Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • Citric acid · E3301.4%No flag
  • Cocoa5.7%No flag›
  • Processed with alkali5.7%No flag
  • Dextrose2.8%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch1.4%No flag›
  • Raising agent0.7%No flag
  • E500ii0.4%No flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341i0.2%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.2%No flag
  • Contains 2% and less of0.4%No flag
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Cellulose gum · E4660.2%Low

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

  • Guar gum · E412<0.1%No flag
  • Artificial flavouring<0.1%No 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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Sugar, enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: [palm and/or soybean oil] with emulsifier [propylyene glycol monoesters, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin with preservative [bht, citric acid]), cocoa (processed with alkali), dextrose, modified corn starch, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: salt, cellulose gum, guar gum, artificial flavor.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
  • 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

2 low · 3 not assessed

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