Is Duncan Hines Signature perfectly moist lemon supreme cake mix ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- E102 Tartrazine
- E415 Xanthan gum
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
- 25 ingredients
- 12 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono- and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), sodium stearoyl lactylate (ultra-processing marker)), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate monohydrate), wheat starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), natural and artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker), cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, yellow 5 lake (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E415 Xanthan gum , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate , E570 Fatty acids
As written on the pack
sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate monohydrate), wheat starch, salt, natural and artificial flavor, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, citric acid, yellow 5 lake,
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
Among 377 cakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 191st. 94% of the cakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0644209411030, last edited 15 December 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.