Cake Bites

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Artificial Flavors (Natural And Artificial Flavor (Capric/Caprylic Tyriglycerides And Benzyl Alcohol)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Artificial Colors (Artificial Color (Palm Kernel Oil, Fd&C Red 40 Lake, Fd&C Blue 2 Lake, Lecithin)): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Industrial Enzymes (Enzyme (Wheat Flour And 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Salt, Enzymes)): 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 Cake Bites' 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: White Confection (Sugar, Vegetable Oil [Palm Kernel Oil And Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil], Whey Powder, Whole Milk Solids, Nonfat Dry Milk Solids, Soy Lecithin [An Emulsifier], Salt, And Artificial Flavor), Base (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached [Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Food Starch-Modified, Soybean Oil, Whey, Leavening [Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Baking Soda], Salt, Propylene Glycol Mono & Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Vital Wheat Gluten, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Dextrose, Corn Starch, Whole Egg, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Flour), Strawberry Flakes (Sugar, Vegetable Oil [Palm, Palm Kernel], Wheat Flour, Maltic Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Tricalcium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate, Caramel Color, Red 40 Lake, Soy Lecithin, Blue 2 Lake), Natural And Artificial Flavor (Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Silicon Dioxide, Food Starch Modified, Ethyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soy Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Red Color (Palm Kernel Oil, Fd&C Red 40 Lake, Fd&C Blue 2 Lake, Lecithin).

Natural sources but still indicate processing.