Designer Gingerbread House- Kit, Designer

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Designer Gingerbread House- Kit, Designer scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Non Hydrogenated Palm Shortening): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Ground Ginger S, Eggs Egg Icing: Powdered Sugar Sugar, Corn Starch , Sugars Powdered Sugar , Water, Granulated Sugar, Egg White Powder Egg , Titanium Dioxide, Sodium Benzoate Preservative , Natural Flavor, Gum Arabic, Potassium Sorbate P, Citric Acid, Cream Of Tartar Glittery Sugartm: Large Granulated Sugar, Sanding Sugar, Edible Pearlescent Glitter Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Modified Corn Starch, Mica Color , Titanium Dioxide, Glycerin, Sorbitan Monostearate, Triacetin, Polysorbate 80 , Mica Based Pearlescent Pigment , Confectioner'S Glaze, Water, Fd&C Red 40 Lake, Red 3, Carnauba Wax Accessories: Powdered Sugar Sugar, Corn Starch , Egg Whites, Water, Cream Of Tartar, Tylose, Blue 1, Blue 2, Yellow 5, Red 40, Red 3., Dextrose, Vegetable Palm And/Or Palm Kernal , Rice Flour, Corn Syrup, Dextrin, Soy Lecithin, Confectioner'S Glaze, Gum Arabic, Carnauba Wax, Cellulose Gum, Red 40 Lake, Carrageenan, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Blue 1. Soybeans , Red Pearls: Sugar, Salt, Soybean Oil, Artificial Colors Mica , Sodium Benzoate Preservative , Potassium Sorbate P, Acesulfame Potassium., Pink Pearls: Sugar, Artificial Colors Red 3): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

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 Designer Gingerbread House- Kit, Designer'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: Gingerbread Cookie: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid)(Wheat), Thiamin Mononitrate, Folic Acid.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Granulated Sugar, Molasses, Invert Syrup.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.