Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020
Cakebabies
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten
- Soy
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.
Titanium dioxideHigh concernPossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
- 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.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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.
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.
Ingredients
- Cake mix50%No flag
- Niacin · E3753.1%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
- Raising agent0.8%No flag
- Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.8%No flag
- E500ii0.4%No flag
- Emulsifier blend0.2%No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
- Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481<0.1%No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E300<0.1%No flag
- Vital wheat gluten<0.1%No flag
- Artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
- White coating25%No flag
- Skimmed milk powder1.6%No flag
- Titanium dioxide · E1710.2%High
Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
- Colour0.2%No flag
- Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Icing sugar1.6%No flag
- Natural flavouring0.4%No flag
- Flake coconut0.2%No flag
- Propylene glycol · E490<0.1%No flag
- PreservativeNo flag
- Coconut emulsion<0.1%No flag
- Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- A preservative<0.1%No flag
- Emulsifier blendNo flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
- Citric acid · E330No flag
- Bht · E321Moderate
Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
- AntioxidantNo flag
- Natural flavouringNo flag
Show original label text
Cake mix (sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour {flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}, food starch-modified, soybean oil, whey, leavening {sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate}, emulsifier blend {propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid}, vital wheat gluten, salt, artificial flavor), white coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, whey, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, monoglycerides, titanium dioxide {color}, natural flavor, vanilla), eggs, water, soybean oil, powdered sugar (sugar, cornstarch), butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavor), palm oil, flake coconut (coconut, sugar, water, propylene glycol, salt, sodium metabisulfate {preservative}), invert sugar, corn syrup, coconut emulsion (natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate {a preservative}), palm oil (with soy lecithin), emulsifier blend (mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, citric acid, bht {antioxidant}), vanilla extract, natural flavor, food starch-modified, salt.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Titanium dioxidePossible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- WaterLow concern
- Invert SugarLow concern
- Corn SyrupLow concern
6 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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