Is CHOCOLATE CAKE GERD Friendly?
Why it's not GERD friendly
- cocoa butter
- semi-sweet chocolate
- chocolate liquor
- citric acid
- contains 2% or less of each of the following: semi-sweet chocolate
- cream
- heavy whipping cream
- cocoa
- milk fat
- sweetened condensed milk
- nonfat dry milk
- milk
- +1 more
cocoa butter
Dietitian noteCocoa contains compounds that can relax the lower esophageal sphincter, making it easier for stomach acid to reflux. It also stimulates the production of stomach acid, further contributing to heartburn and GERD symptoms. Additionally, cocoa's caffeine and theobromine content can exacerbate reflux by increasing stomach acidity and relaxing the LES.
Note by Team Spoonful, Clinical nutrition experts
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Ingredients
SUGAR, WATER, BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHOLE EGGS, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN), SOYBEAN OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), WHITE CONFECTIONERY CHIPS (SUGAR, NONFAT MILK, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, CORN STARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, SOY LECITHIN), VANILLA FLAVORED CREME (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL], MILK, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, VANILLA), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, MILK FAT, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLIN [ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR]), CORN SYRUP, NONFAT DRY MILK, HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM (CREAM [MILK], CARRAGEENAN GUM, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM, POLYSORBATE 80, DEXTROSE), SOY LECITHIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH (CORN), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK (MILK, SUGAR), SODIUM BICARBONATE, DRIED EGG WHITES, SALT, WHEAT STARCH, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATE, POLYSORBATE 60, EMULSIFIER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE]), SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, GUAR GUM, CITRIC ACID, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAM GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SOY FLOUR.
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No. This product is not low FODMAP as it lists 6 ingredients that are likely high FODMAP at 1 serving and 6 ingredients that could be moderate or high FODMAP depending on source or serving size.
Details →No. This product is not dairy free as it lists 7 ingredients that contain dairy.
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