Is Cheesecake made with normal ingredients?
Enriched flour and too many additives make this a no-go.
This crust has enriched flour, which is not real flour. And what are all these gums and extracts? This is not how you make a dessert!
What’s actually inside
All 16 ingredients, analyzed.
- cream cheese (cultured pasteurized milk and cream, salt, xanthan gum, carob bean gum, guar gum, sour cream (cultured cream, microbial enzyme))
Xanthan gum and carob bean gum are processed additives.
- enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)
Enriched flour is processed and stripped of nutrients, then fortified with synthetic vitamins.
- graham crumb (wheat flour, graham flour, sugar, palm oil, molasses, honey, salt, sodium bicarbonate)
Palm oil is a processed seed oil.
- palm fruit oil
Palm oil is a processed seed oil.
- niacin
Added synthetic vitamin.
- iron
Added synthetic mineral.
- thiamine mononitrate
Added synthetic vitamin.
- riboflavin
Added synthetic vitamin.
- folic acid
Added synthetic vitamin.
Better options
What to buy instead.
Frozen products made with real ingredients.
STRAUS FAMILY CREAMERY
STRAUS FAMILY CREAMERY Organic
Simple, traditional ingredients for a delicious ice cream.
STRAUS FAMILY CREAMERY
Straus Family Creamery Chocolate Ice Cream
Simple, real ingredients for delicious ice cream.
TRADER JOE'S
Vanilla Ice Cream
Classic ice cream ingredients, with a couple of modern touches.
TRADER JOE'S
Trader Joe's Mochi Vanilla
Mostly real ingredients, but a few modern helpers.
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