Cake & Icing

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Stabilizers & Gums (Cream Cheese (Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream, Salt, Stabilizers (Xanthan And/Or Carob Bean And/Or Guar Gums))): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.

Within Baking Supplies, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,060 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 & Icing'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.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Icing Sugar (Cane Sugar, Cornstarch), Cane Sugar, Bittersweet Chocolate (Cacao Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier, Soy Lecithin), Vanilla Extract (Water, Alcohol, Sugar, Vanilla Bean Extractives).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil, Canola Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Powder (Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Cornstarch).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.