Cakes
Great Value Deluxe Moist White Cake Mix
15.25 oz/432 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- High in salt
- Contains added sugars
- Contains emulsifiers studied for gut effects
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
- Contains artificial flavors
Why it scores 0
Great Value Deluxe Moist White Cake Mix scores 0 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Dextrose: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Great Value Deluxe Moist White Cake Mix
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Dextrose minus 20 points
- Cellulose gum (carboxymethylcellulose) minus 7.5 points
- Calcium phosphate minus 1.5 points
- Sodium aluminum phosphate minus 1 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 7 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 41.9 g / 100 g minus 14 points
- Saturated fat 2.3 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 2.1 g / 100 g minus 7 points
- Energy 372 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
100 − 102 = 0
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in sugars and salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [12]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 372 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 4.7 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.3 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 79.1 g |
| Sugars | 41.9 g |
| Added sugars | 39.5 g |
| Fiber | 2.3 g |
| Protein | 4.7 g |
| Salt | 2.1 g |
Serving: 0.1 package (43 g)
Ingredients
- BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)
- SUGAR (high concern)
- LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE) (not recognized)
- CANOLA OIL
- PROPYLENE GLYCOL
- MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS (not recognized)
- MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES
- DEXTROSE (high concern)
- WHEAT STARCH
- SALT
- CELLULOSE
- CORN STARCH
- XANTHAN GUM
- CELLULOSE GUM (moderate concern)
- SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE
- ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR
- SOY LECITHIN
- WHEY
- SODIUM CASEINATE
- PALM KERNEL OIL
- CITRIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE)
- BHT (PRESERVATIVE)
Label text, as published
BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), CANOLA OIL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, DEXTROSE, WHEAT STARCH, SALT, CELLULOSE, CORN STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY, SODIUM CASEINATE, PALM KERNEL OIL, CITRIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), BHT (PRESERVATIVE).
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat, Gluten
- Not vegan
- Not gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“Relative to control subjects, CMC consumption modestly increased postprandial abdominal discomfort and perturbed gut microbiota composition in a way that reduced its diversity.”
doi.org
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Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
“carboxymethylcellulose and polysorbate-80, induced low-grade inflammation and obesity/metabolic syndrome in wild-type hosts and promoted robust colitis in mice predisposed to this disorder.”
doi.org
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“This study found positive associations between risk of CVD and intake of five individual and two groups of food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods.”
doi.org
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“The Panel concluded that there was no need for a numerical ADI and that there would be no safety concern at the reported uses and use levels for the unmodified and modified celluloses”
doi.org
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EFSA issues new advice on phosphates
“We estimated that dietary exposure to phosphates may exceed the new ADI for infants, toddlers and children with average consumption of phosphates in their diet.”
efsa.europa.eu
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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu