Bubba's, Premium Cake Donuts

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Bubba's, Premium Cake Donuts scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Agar): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Industrial Enzymes (Salt & Enzyme): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.

Within Cakes & Pastries, this product is more processed than about 16% of the 11,919 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 Bubba's, Premium Cake Donuts' 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: Donut Mix (Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Dry Egg Yolk, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda), Soy Flour, Nonfat Milk Solids, Salt, Wheat Starch, Soy Lecithin, Dextrose, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Cellulose Gum, Artificial Flavor, Corn Starch, Propylene Glycol, Corn Oil, Beta Carotene As Color).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Icing Sugar (Sucrose & Dextrose), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil, Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.