Brand
Duncan Hines
Made by
Conagra Brands
Aisle
Baking mixes, frosting and sprinkles
Kind
frosting
Barcode
00644209004461

Duncan Hines

Duncan Hines Creamy Chocolate Frosting

Chocolate tub frosting made for spreading on cakes, cupcakes and brownies.

Label check

Flagged ingredients2

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
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP
Canola oilSeed oilsCANOLA OIL

Ingredients as listed

SUGAR, WATER, PALM OIL, COCOA POWDER PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CORN SYRUP, CANOLA OIL,CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CORN STARCH, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, INVERT SUGAR, CARAMELIZED SUGAR(SUGAR, WATER), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, PRESERVATIVE (POTASSIUM SORBATE), ANTIOXIDANTS (ASCORBYL PALMITATE, TOCOPHEROLS, CHAMOMILE AND ROSEMARY EXTRACT), SODIUM CITRATE, ACETIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2737907). 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.