Carrot Cheese Cake, Carrot Cheese

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Carob Bean Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Mono- And Diglycerides [Beta]-Apo-8'-Carotenal, Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

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 Carrot Cheese Cake, Carrot Cheese'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: Confectioners Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Sugar, Fructose, Shortbread Crumb (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Coconut Oil, Egg, Natural Flavor [Contains Milk], Sodium Propionate [Preservative], Salt, Tbhq [Preservatives]), and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Artificial Butter Flavor, Annatto Extract [Color], Calcium Disodium Edta [Preservative], Vitamin A Palmitate).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.