7"" Cake Strawberry

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, 7"" Cake Strawberry scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Strawberry Filling (Water, Sugar, Strawberry Puree, Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Contains 20% Or Less Of Citric Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Salt, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Cellulose Gum, Sodium Alginate, Red 40), Pink Color (Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glycerine, Sugar, Fd&C Yellow 6, Modified Food Starch, Fd&C Red 3, Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate (Preservatives), Carrageenan Gum, Fd&C Blue 1, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid), Gum Tragacanth, +2 more): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Other Additives (Propylene Glycol): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Cakes & Pastries, this product is more processed than about 16% of the 11,919 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 7"" Cake Strawberry'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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vanilla Cake (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached (Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Food Starch-Modified, Soybean Oil, Contains 296 Or Less Of Defatted Soy Flour, Eggs, Leavening (Baking Soda Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Vital Wheat Gluten, Whey.).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Confectioner'S Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch). Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Cotton Seed Oil, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Bha And Citric Acid Added To Help Preserve Freshness.).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid Solution.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.