Cake Mate, Decorating Sugar Shapes

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Flavors (Natural & Artificial Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Artificial Colors (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1, +1 more): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Cottonseed)Xanthan Gum, Gum Arabic): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Other Additives (Confectioner'S Glaze): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Emulsifiers (Mono-And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

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 Mate, Decorating Sugar Shapes' 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.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

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

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.