Sodium Lauryl Sulfate in my cake?

I made an Angel Food Cake today only to learn it wasn't so angelic. I thought a strawberry shortcake would be a light refreshing dessert to serve for a birthday we were celebrating. I was running a little short on time and decided to use a mix I had in my food storage. As I looked at the ingredient list as I was ready to throw the package away I noticed there was a whipping aid and in parentheses it said (sodium laurel sulfate). What?!!! Seriously!
That is an ingredient I have been trying to avoid in my soap and shampoo and I found it in a cake mix. I just about cried, but I am glad for what I learned. I am going to just make things from scratch as much as possible from now on so I know what is in my food and I am also going to be more diligent about knowing the ingredient list on other foods and if there is something I don't know what it is, to find out. It is not worth the risk because a big company is trying to cut costs, or make their product more appealing.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate

This inexpensive detergent is commonly used in cosmetic cleansers, hair shampoos, bath and shower gels, bubble baths, etc. - It is probably the most dangerous ingredient used in skin and hair-care products. In the cleaning industry SLS is used in garage floor cleaners, engine degreasers, car-wash soaps, etc. It is very corrosive and readily attacks greasy surfaces.

Sodium lauryl sulfate is used throughout the world for clinical testing as a primary skin irritant. Laboratories use it to irritate skin on test animals and humans so that they may then test healing agents to see how effective they are on the irritated skin.

A study at the University of Georgia Medical College, indicated that SLS penetrated into the eyes as well as brain, heart, liver, etc., and showed long-term retention in the tissues. The study also indicated that SLS penetrated young children's eyes and prevented them from developing properly and caused cataracts to develop In adults.

May cause hair loss by attacking the follicle. Classified as a drug in bubble baths because it eats away skin protection and causes rashes and infection to occur.

Is potentially harmful to skin and hair. Cleans by corrosion. Dries skin by stripping the protective lipids from the surface so it can't effectively regulate moisture.

Another extremely serious problem is the connection of SLS with nitrate contamination. SLS reacts with many types of ingredients used in skin products and forms nitrosomines (nitrates). Nitrates are potential cancer-causing carcinogenics.

Because of the alarming penetrating power of SLS, large amounts of these known carcinogens are absorbed through the skin into the body. A variation of SLS is SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate- SLES). It exhibits many of the same characteristics and is a higher-foaming variation of SLS.