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Cupcake: Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Soybean And/or Canola Oil, Water, Eggs, Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Modified Cornstarch, Whey (Milk), Leavening Blend (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Cornstarch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate), Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt, Emulsifier (Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soybean Lecithin, Citric Acid [Preservative]), Soybean Lecithin, Natural Flavor. Filling: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Modified Cornstarch, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Color (Titanium Dioxide), Methyl Cellulose Gum, Natural Flavor, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Citric Acid. Icing: Icing Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Vegetable Oil Shortening (Canola Oil, Palm Oil, Fractionated Palm Oil, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Monoglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Chocolate Liquor, Water, Corn Syrup, Butter (Cream, Salt), Margarine (Soybean Oil, Fractionated Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Whey [Milk], Soybean Lecithin, Monoglycerides, Natural Flavor, Annatto Extract [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3), Nonfat Dry Milk, Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Modified Cornstarch, Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural Flavor, Salt. Topping: Sugar, Vegetable Fat (Palm Kernel And/or Palm), Whey (Milk), Nonfat Dry Milk, Lactose (Milk), Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Soybean Lecithin (Emulsifier), Vanilla Extract.