Many vegans are estatic to learn that some commercially prepared foods are in fact vegan. One of the easiest to find products and brands is Duncan Hines. Are there Duncan Hines vegan products? If so, which ones? Let’s dive in…
Vegan Duncan Hines Cake and Brownie Mixes
All of the classic cake mixes are vegan including:
Classic Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
Classic Butter Golden Cake Mix
All of these classic Duncan Hines mixes are vegan and do not contain any animal products in the ingredient list.
All of the signature Duncan Hines cake mixes are vegan except the Tres Leches Cake Mix and the Angel Food Cake Mix. The vegan Duncan Hines Signature Cake Mixes include:
Signature Fudge Marble Cake Mix
Signature Blue Velvet Cake Mix
Signature Orange Supreme Cake Mix
Signature Pink Velvet Cake Mix
Signature Coconut Supreme Cake Mix
Signature German Chocolate Cake Mix
Signature Swiss Chocolate Cake Mix
Signature Pineapple Supreme Cake Mix
Signature Banana Supreme Cake Mix
Signature Lemon Supreme Cake Mix
Signature Strawberry Supreme Cake Mix
Signature French Vanilla Cake Mix
Signature Triple Chocolate Cake Mix
Non-Vegan Duncan Hines Cake and Brownie Mixes
Signature Tres Leches Cake Mix
Signature Angel Food Cake Mix
Decadent Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcake Mix
Decadent Red Velvet Cupcake Mix
Decadent German Chocolate Cake Mix
Perfect Size Coffee Cake
Perfect Size Cheesecake
Perfect Size Chocolate Dream Pie
Perfect Size Key Lime Pie
Perfect Size Red Velvet Dream Cake
Perfect Size Strawberries and Crème Cake
Red Velvet Decadent Brownie Mix
Salted Caramel Decadent Brownie Mix
Caramel Turtle Decadent Brownie Mix
Chocolate Peanut Butter Decadent Brownie Mix
Milk Chocolate Chunk Decadent Brownie Mix
So there you have it…..a handy dandy list at the time of post publication of the vegan Duncan Hines Cake Mixes and Brownie Mixes. In general, the basic mixes for both cakes and brownies tend to be vegan but it’s when there are more snazzy additions or toppings is when it usually starts to have milk or dairy products making the Duncan Hines mixes not vegan at that point.
Duncan Hines Classic Yellow Cake Mix contains xanthan gum. That is typically vegan, but people with alpha-gal syndrome may react to it and other gums, as well as carrageenan.
See alphagalinformation.org (search “gums”).