Chewy Fruit Filled Cookie Bar

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chewy Fruit Filled Cookie Bar scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Peach Apricot Filling (Peach Apricot Paste [Invert Cane Syrup, Fruit Juice Concentrate (Peach, Pear, Pineapple, Apple), Apple Powder, Peaches, Apricots, Glycerin, Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavor, Pectin, Locust Bean Gum, And Annatto For Color], Date Paste, Honey, Grape Juice Concentrate, Peach Apricot Flavor, Cornstarch, Guar Gum, Sweet Rice Flour), Guar Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 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 Chewy Fruit Filled Cookie Bar'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, Molasses.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Canola Oil.

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: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.