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Butter Pound Cake
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Butter Pound Cake

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Gluten
  • Soy
  • Tree nuts

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 7 Feb 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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

  • Sugar52.1%No flag›
  • Eggs24%No flag›
  • Wheat flour12%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3756%No flag
  • Iron3%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.5%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.7%No flag
  • Folic acid0.7%No flag›
  • Water6%No flag›
  • Soya oil3%No flag›
  • Butter1.5%No flag›
  • Modified food starch0.7%No flag›
  • Fat0.4%No flag
  • Palm oil0.2%No flag›
  • PROPYLENE GLYCOL mono- and DIESTERS OF FAT<0.1%No flag
  • Mono- and DIGLYCERIDES · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Soya lecithin<0.1%No flag›
  • Dextrose0.2%No flag›
  • Raising agent<0.1%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E541<0.1%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum sulfate · E521<0.1%No flag
  • Maltodextrin<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Mono- and DIGLYCERIDES · E471<0.1%No flag
  • Wheat glutenNo flag›
  • Corn starchNo flag›
  • Artificial flavouringNo flag
  • Sodium stearoyl lactylate · E481No flag
  • Cellulose gum · E466Low

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

  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Poly sorbate 60No flag
  • Produced in a facility that also processes coconutNo flag
  • Pecan nutNo flag›
  • WalnutNo flag›
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SUGAR, EGGS, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, BUTTER (MILK), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SHORTENING (PALM OIL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO - AND DIESTERS OF FAT, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN), DEXTROSE, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE), MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, WHEAT GLUTEN, CORN STARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CELLULOSE GUM, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM, POLY SORBATE 60. CONTAINS: WHEAT, EGG, MILK, SOY. PRODUCED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES COCONUT, PECAN, WALNUT.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Gluten, Soy, Tree nuts.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 7 Feb 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

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

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