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Wegmans Food MktsSnacks · 0077890391877

Cake

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

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Soy

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

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. DiphosphatesMinor 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

  • Vanilla cake mix60%No flag
  • Sugar30.8%No flag›
  • White rice flour14.6%No flag
  • Potato starch7.3%No flag›
  • Tapioca starch3.6%No flag
  • Degerminated white corn flour1.8%No flag
  • Baking powder0.9%No flag
  • Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450i0.5%No flag
  • E500ii0.2%No flag
  • Corn starch0.1%No flag›
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341i0.1%No flag
  • Natural vanilla flavouring0.5%No flag
  • Sea salt0.2%No flag›
  • Guar gum · E4120.1%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Soya flour<0.1%No flag›
  • Milk20%No flag›
  • Unsalted butter10%No flag
  • Eggs5%No flag›
  • Frosting5%No flag
  • Confectioners sugar2.5%No flag
  • Unsalted butter1.3%No flag
  • Milk0.6%No flag›
  • Pure vanilla extract0.6%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.

  • Diphosphates (E450)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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Vanilla cake mix (sugar, white rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, degerminated white corn flour, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), natural vanilla flavor, sea salt, guar gum, xanthan gum, salt, soy flour), milk, unsalted butter, eggs, frosting (confectioners sugar, unsalted butter, milk, pure vanilla extract).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy, Egg, Soy.

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

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.
  • DiphosphatesInorganic 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

Chemical identity has not been assessed for these 2 ingredients yet.

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