Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Monkey Bread, Garlic Parmesan

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Monkey Bread, Garlic Parmesan scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Other Additives (Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Industrial Enzymes (Enzymes): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.

Within Bread, this product is more processed than about 48% of the 11,494 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 Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Monkey Bread, Garlic Parmesan'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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine (Soybean And Hydrogenated Soybean Oils, Water, Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Natural And Artificial Flavor, Beta-Carotene [Color], And Vitamin A Palmitate), Shortening (Interesterified Soybean With Distilled Monoglycerides Added).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Yeast.

Industrial fermentation for additive production.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Cane Sugar, Dough Conditioner (Datem, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Flour, Lecithin, Dextrose, Ascorbic Acid [Vitamin C]).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Propionate.

Natural sources but industrial application.