Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix with Candy Bits

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix with Candy Bits scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Colors (Yellow 5, Red 40): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Baking Mixes, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,176 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 Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix with Candy Bits' 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, Dextrose, Candy Bits (Sugar, Vegetable Oil [Palm And Palm Kernel], Modified Corn Starch, Confectioner'S Glaze, Soy Lecithin, Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 6).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Baking Soda, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Canola Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Of: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Potassium Bicarbonate, Calcium Carbonate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.