Chocolate Caramel Nut Madley

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Stabilizers & Gums (Each Of The Following: Gum Acacia): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Other Additives (Confectioners Glaze): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Nuts & Seeds, this product is more processed than about 84% of the 20,883 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 Chocolate Caramel Nut Madley'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: Dark Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla), Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Whole Milk, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate Liquor, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla), Pomegranate Fruit Gels (Corn Syrup, Sugar, Cornstarch, Citric Acid, Pomegranate Juice, Pectin, Sodium Citrate, Natural Flavor, Fruit And Vegetable Extracts [Color], Coconut Oil, Carnauba Wax), Caramel (Corn Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk [Skim Milk, Sugar], Sugar, Coconut Oil, Evaporated Milk [Milk, Dipotassium Phosphate And Carrageenan {Stabilizers}, Vitamin D3], Salt, Vanilla, Xanthan Gum), and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oil (Peanut, Cottonseed, Soybean, Sunflower Seed And/Or Canola).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Sea Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.