Brand
Betty Crocker
Made by
General Mills
Aisle
Baking mixes, frosting and sprinkles
Kind
frosting
Barcode
00016000460706

Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker Rainbow Chip Frosting

Vanilla tub frosting with coloured candy-style bits stirred through, sold for birthday cakes.

Label check

Flagged ingredients5

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Red 40Synthetic dyesRED 40
Yellow 5Synthetic dyesYELLOWS 5 & 6
Yellow 6Synthetic dyesYELLOWS 5 & 6
High fructose corn syrupCorn syrupHIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Vegetable Oil (palm, coconut), Corn Starch, Water, Corn Syrup. Contains 2% or less of: Salt, Monoglycerides, Nonfat Milk, Polysorbate 60, Whey, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Color (yellow lakes 5 & 6, blue lakes 1 & 2, red 40 lake, yellows 5 & 6), Natural and Artificial Flavor, Shellac, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid. Freshness Preserved by Potassium Sorbate.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2738711). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More frosting first, then the rest of the baking mixes, frosting and sprinkles aisle. Each fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.