New York Style Cheesecake

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, New York Style Cheesecake scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Natural Flavors (Vanilla Powder (Modified Food Starch, Vanilla Bean, Acacia Gum)): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Other Additives (Release Agent (Contains Soy Lecithin)): 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 New York Style Cheesecake'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, Graham Cracker Crumbs (Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Graham Flour, Sugar, Palm Oil, Brown Sugar, Honey, Salt, Baking Soda, Artificial Flavor), Vanilla Cookie Crumbs (Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Palm Oil, Dextrose, Whey, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Baking Soda), Heavy Cream (Cream, Milk, Nonfat Milk, Mono- And Diglycerides, Carrageenan, Polysorbate 80, Dextrose), and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Lemon Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.