Shelf-stable baking mixes
Duncan Hines Dolly Partons’s Sweet Cornbread
16. oz
Score
- High in sugar
- High in salt
- Contains added sugars
Why it scores 48
Duncan Hines Dolly Partons’s Sweet Cornbread scores 48 out of 100 (Okay) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 14 points Sugars 31.2 g / 100 g: Very high in sugar. Strong
- minus 8 points Processed (NOVA 3): Classified NOVA 3: processed with added salt, sugar or oil. Emerging
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Dolly Partons’s Sweet Cornbread
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Sodium aluminum phosphate minus 2.5 points
- Calcium phosphate minus 2.5 points
Processing
- Processed (NOVA 3) minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 31.2 g / 100 g minus 14 points
- Salt 1.8 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Energy 375 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
- Fiber 3.1 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 52 = 48
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). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 375 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 0 g |
| Saturated fat | 0 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 84.4 g |
| Sugars | 31.2 g |
| Added sugars | 31.2 g |
| Fiber | 3.1 g |
| Protein | 6.3 g |
| Salt | 1.8 g |
Serving: 32g
Ingredients
- Degermed yellow corn meal
- enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)
- sugar (high concern)
- leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate) (not recognized)
- salt
Label text, as published
Degermed yellow corn meal, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt. Contains: wheat.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Wheat, Gluten
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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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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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“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