Rainbow Cookie, Rainbow

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Stabilizers & Gums (Rainbow Chocolate Pieces (Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Cocoa Butter, Lactose, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural Flavor), Sugar, Cornstarch, Contains Less Than 1% Of: Corn Syrup, Dextrin, Colors (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.
• Plant Proteins (Isolated Soy Protein): Isolated proteins require extensive industrial 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 Rainbow Cookie, Rainbow'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: Cookie Base (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached (Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Food Starch-Modified, Soybean Oil, Whey, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Eggs, Leavening (Aluminum Sulfate, Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Vital Wheat Gluten).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil And Its Fraction.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.