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White Cake Mix

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Feb 2025

Why it's rated this way

2 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Sugar55.6%No flag›
  • Flour22.2%No flag›
  • Wheat flour11.1%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3755.6%No flag
  • Iron2.8%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.7%No flag
  • Folic acid0.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat11.1%No flag
  • With emulsifier5.6%No flag
  • PROPYLENE GLYCOL mono- and DIESTERS2.8%No flag
  • Mono- and DIGLYCERIDES · E4711.4%No flag
  • Soya lecithin1.4%No flag›
  • With preservative5.6%No flag
  • BHT · E3212.8%Moderate

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

  • Citric acid · E3302.8%No flag
  • Modified corn starch5.6%No flag›
  • Raising agent2.8%No flag
  • E500ii1.4%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.7%No flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341i0.7%No flag
  • CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF1.4%No flag
  • Salt1.4%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.7%No flag›
  • Artificial flavouring0.3%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E4150.3%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 OIL, AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL] WITH EMULSIFIER [PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO - AND DIESTERS, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN] WITH PRESERVATIVE [BHT, CITRIC ACID]), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Feb 2025

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 2 not assessed

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