Lunds & Byerlys, Strawberry Shortcake

How it compares with other cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 32% of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 19% of them.

Where the calories come from: 40% carbohydrate, 56% fat and 4% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other shortcake in this aisle

45 of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products are named shortcake. Per 100 g their median is 338 calories, 253 mg of sodium and 3.3 g of protein; 9 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): SPONGE CAKE (SUGAR, CAKE FLOUR [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR] SUGARED EGG YOLKS [EGG YOLKS, SUGAR], WHOLE EGGS, CAKE SHORTENING [SOYBEAN OIL, GLYCERYL-LACTO ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, VEGETABLE MONO- & DIGLYCERIDES, TBHQ {PROTECTS FLAVOR}], WHOLE MILK [MILK, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3] PAN SPRAY [SOY OIL, PETROLATUM. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SOY LECITHIN MONO-DIGLYCERIDES, BHT], BAKING POWDER [CORNSTARCH, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE], SALT, VANILLA FLAVOR [WATER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ALCOHOL, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID]), CREAM FILLING (HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM [CREAM {MILK}, CARRAGEENAN], CREAM CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK & CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM], SUGAR VANILLA EXTRACT [VANILLA BEAN EXTRACTIVES, CORN SYRUP, ETHYL ALCOHOL, WATER]), STRAWBERRY SYRUP (STRAWBERRY PUREE [STRAWBERRY 90%, SUGAR], SUGAR, WATER STRAWBERRY GELATIN [SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, GELATIN, ADIPIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID {VITAMIN C}, RED 40, RED 40 LAKE], STRAWBERRY PASTE [SUCROSE, GLUCOSE SYRUP, CONCENTRATED STRAWBERRY PUREE, THICKENING AGENT {MODIFIED WAXY MAIZE STARCH}, COLORANT {CONCENTRATED PURPLE CARROT JUICE, BETA-CAROTENE}, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CONCENTRATED STRAWBERRY JUICE ACIDULANT {CITRIC ACID}, POTASSIUM SORBATE, ANTIFOAMING AGENT {MONO-& DIGLYCERIDES}). MODIFIED FOOD STARCH), WHITE BUTTERCREAM (FONDANT SUGAR [SUCROSE, CORN STARCH], SHORTENING [PALM OIL, MONO- & DIGLYCERIDES POLYSORBATE 60, CITRIC ACID {PRESERVATIVE}], SALTED BUTTER [PASTEURIZED SWEET CREAM {MILK}, SALT], WATER, INVERT SYRUP SALT VANILLA FLAVOR [WATER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ALCOHOL, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID], STRAWBERRY FILLING (HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, STRAWBERRIES, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CELLULOSE GEL, CELLULOSE GUM, CITRIC ACID, COLOR ADDED [RED 40 YELLOW 6], NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM CITRATE), WHITE CHOCOLATE CURLS (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER [MILK], LACTOSE [MILK], SOY LECITHIN [EMULSIFIER] NATURAL VANILLA, WHITE CHOCOLATE DISC (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, WHOLE MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER [MILK], EMULSIFIERS [SOY LECITHIN], POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE, NATURAL VANILLA, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL , BLUE 2, RED 40 YELLOW 6, BLUE 1, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, SKIMMED MILK POWDER, MONOGLYCERIDES ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR).

The statement lists 4 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Sponge Cake (sugar, Cake Flour [bleached Wheat Flour] Sugared Egg Yolks [egg Yolks, Sugar]. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Aug 15, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Byerly Foods International submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2631914).

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