Little Bites Frosted Snack Cake Muffins

Why it’s rated Avoid

A product’s rating follows its most concerning indexed ingredient. Each ingredient links to its science card and the research behind it. How ratings work

• Soybean Oil Industrial Seed Oil / High Omega-6 Burden
  Avoid
• Yellow 5 (Tartrazine) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Zinc Depletion & Allergy
  Avoid
• Blue 1 (Brilliant Blue FCF) Coal-Tar Synthetic Dye / Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration
  Avoid
• Red 40 (Allura Red AC) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Neuro-Behavioral Disruption
  Avoid
• Potassium Sorbate Mild Food Preservative / DNA Irritation at High Dose
  Use Caution
• Ethoxylated Emulsifiers (Polysorbates, PEGs) Ethoxylation can leave 1,4-dioxane traces.
  Use Caution
• Soy Lecithin Usually solvent-extracted from conventional soy. (Sunflower lecithin is the cleaner alternative.)
  Use Caution
• Food Gums (Xanthan, Guar, Gellan) Generally safe; some people find gums irritate digestion. Limit, not avoid.
  Use Caution
• Corn Syrup Refined syrup (HFCS itself remains Avoid).
  Use Caution
• Dextrose Refined corn-derived sugar.
  Use Caution
• Flavor (Unspecified) Undisclosed blend — same practical allowance as natural flavours.
  Use Caution
• Sugar (Added) Added sugar — limit, not avoid.
  Use Caution
• Baking Soda Sodium bicarbonate — no concern.
  Clean
• Glycerin Skin-identical humectant.
  Clean
• Water Plain water — no concern.
  Clean
• Salt Everyday seasoning; no toxic-burden concern at normal use (sodium intake is a nutrition question, not a toxin).
  Clean