Chocolate Sandwich Cookie

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chocolate Sandwich Cookie scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Flavors (Artificial Flavorings): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Mono And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Other Additives (Propylene Glycol): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate 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 Chocolate Sandwich Cookie'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: Enriched Wheat Flour With Iron And Folic Acid (Wheat), Vitamin Compound [Niacin, Thiamine, Riboflavin And Vitamin B6].

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Compound Chocolate Drops [Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Butter, Whey Powder (Milk), Whey Permeate Powder (Milk), Emulsifier Soybean, Lecithin (Soybean)And Artificial Flavorings], Inverted Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate And Sodium Bicarbonate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.