Iced Vanilla Cake

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Iced Vanilla Cake'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.

Artificial FlavorsStrong UPF marker

In this product: Vanillin (Water, Vanillin, Ethyl Vanillin, Natural Flavor, Artificial Flavor, Propylene Glycol).

Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Cake Mix (Sugar, Rice Flour, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Modified Rice Starch, Egg Whites, Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Corn Starch]Contains 2% Or Less Of: Modified Corn Starch, Soluable Corn Fiber, Salt, Polyglycerol Esters, Potato Starch, Xanthan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides). Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soy Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Palm Oils With Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids Added), Canola Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Blue Food Color (Water, Sugar, Us Certified Colors Fd&C Red 3 & Blue 1, Modified Corn Starch, Vegetable Gum, Citric Acid, Less Than .1 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate & Potassium Sorbate As Preservatives), Red Food Color (Water, Sugar, Fd&C Colors [Red 40, Red 3, Yellow 6], Modified Corn Starch, Vegetable Gum, Citric Acid, Less Than 1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.