Cake Mix

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Cake Mix's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Processed Fruit ProductsUPF marker

In this product: Cocoa (Processed With Alkali).

Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Chocolate Ingredients: Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: 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 And Soy Lecithin]With Preservative [Bht, Citric Acid], Dextrose, Leavening Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate , Modified Corn Starch. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Artificial Flavor. White Ingredients: 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.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.