3 Ct Ultimate Cookie - Candy Bite
The processing score reflects 40 ingredients, including artificial colors, hydrogenated oil, high-fructose corn syrup, plus 6 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
14 listed · 9 flagged for reviewCANDY BITE COOKIE: BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), M&M'S CHOCOLATE CANDIES (MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, COCOA BUTTER, LACTOSE, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL FLAVORS), SUGAR CORNSTARCH, LESS THAN 1% - CORN SYRUP, DEXTRIN, COLORING (INCLUDES BLUE 1 LAKE, YELLOW 6, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, BLUE 2), CARNAUBA WAX, GUM ACACIA), SUGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORINGS), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL AND HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL), EGGS, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, SUGARCANE MOLASSES, DEXTROSE, SALT (SALT, YELLOW PRUSSIATE OF SODA [ANTI-CAKING]), SODIUM BICARBONATE, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL CHOCOLATE FLAVOR (PROPYLENE GLYCOL, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ALCOHOL, WATER), VANILLA FLAVORING (WATER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, ALCOHOL, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID).
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, 3 Ct Ultimate Cookie - Candy Bite scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
- Artificial Flavors (Vanilla Flavoring (Water, Propylene Glycol, Alcohol, Artificial Flavors, Citric Acid)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
- Stabilizers & Gums (M&M'S Chocolate Candies (Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Cocoa Butter, Lactose, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Artificial And Natural Flavors), Sugar Cornstarch, Less Than 1% - Corn Syrup, Dextrin, Coloring (Includes Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 6, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Yellow 6 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Blue 2), Carnauba Wax, Gum Acacia)): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Other Additives (Distilled Monoglycerides): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
- Processed Fruit Products (Natural & Artificial Chocolate Flavor (Propylene Glycol, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Alcohol, Water)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 products we've analyzed.
Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.
What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group 3 Ct Ultimate Cookie - Candy Bite's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Sugar, Sugarcane Molasses, Dextrose.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vegetable Shortening (High Oleic Canola Oil And Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil).
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt (Salt, Yellow Prussiate Of Soda [Anti-Caking]).
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate.
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
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