Is Krusteaz Cinnamon Swirl Crumb Cake & Muffin 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:
- 26 ingredients
- 8 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
cake mix (sugar (processing marker)), sorghum flour, millet flour, food starch-modified (ultra-processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), arabic gum (ultra-processing marker), leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt (processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), topping (sugar (processing marker)), palm, soybean oil (processing marker), brown sugar (processing marker), cinnamon, salt (processing marker), silicon dioxide (anticaking agent (processing marker)), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate
As written on the pack
cake mix: sugar, whole grain sorghum flour, whole grain millet flour, food starch-modified, soybean oil, arabic gum, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt, tapioca starch, guar gum, xanthan gum, natural flavor. topping: sugar, palm and soybean oil, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), natural flavor.
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
6 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.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 377 cakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 168th. 94% of the cakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041449473062, last edited 25 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.