Cheesecake

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Flavors (Natural And Artificial Vanilla Flavor (Non Flavor Ingredients: Propylene Glycol, Water, And Ethyl Alcohol)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Carrageenan Gum, Konjac And Carob Bean Gums): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Other Additives (Release Agent (Contains Soy Lecithin)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this product is more processed than about 38% of the 14,928 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 Cheesecake'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: Sugar, Vanilla Crumb (Enriched Wheat Flour [Contains: Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Palm Oil, Dextrose, Whey, Salt, Natural And Artificial Vanilla Flavor, Baking Soda), Cream (Cream, Milk, Nonfat Milk Solids, Stabilizer [Mono - And Diglycerides, Carrageenan, Polysorbate 80, Standardized With Dextrose]), Sugared Egg Yolks, and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.