Vanilla Cupcake

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 ingredients to avoid

lusine Vanilla Cupcake scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

lusine Vanilla Cupcake lists 13 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Water, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil (Palm) and Corn Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 lusine Vanilla Cupcake scores worse than most pastries & muffins we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pastries & muffins is Pearl Milling Company Organic Pancakes at 100/100.