Baked Apple Crisp

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Chemical Preservatives (Calcium Propionate And Sodium Benzoate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Dried Fruit & Fruit Snacks, this product is more processed than about 98% of the 7,520 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 Baked Apple Crisp'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, Yellow Cake Mix (Enriched Bleached Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Palm Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Egg White, Nonfat Milk, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Egg Yolk With Sodium Silicoaluminate, Dextrose, Modified Tapioca Starch, Salt, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Sorbitan Monostearate, Corn Starch, Maltodextrin, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Xanthan Gum, Mono- And Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Polysorbate 60, Calcium Acetate, Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Artificial Flavor, Yellow 5, Red 40, Soy Flour), Brown Sugar, Stabilizer (Corn Starch, Dextrose, Sugar, Guar And Cellulose Gums, Agar).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.