Cheesecake Cups

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Carrageenan): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

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 Cups' 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, Lemon Filling (Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Palm Oil, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Lemon Pulp, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate [As Preservatives], Salt, Gellan Gum, Lemon Oil, Mono & Diglycerides, Propylene Glycol, Titanium Dioxide [Color], Polysorbate 60, Yellow 5, Yellow 6), Honey Graham Crumbs (Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], High Fructose Corn Syrup, Whole Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil [Soybean, Palm, Palm Kernel Oil With Tbhq For Freshness], Contains 2% Or Less Of: Baking Soda, Salt, Honey, Soy Lecithin).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Disodium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.