Chocolate Cheese Fudge with Walnuts

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Natural Flavors (Vanilla): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Chocolate, this product is more processed than about 67% of the 9,618 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 Cheese Fudge with Walnuts' 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.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese (Cheddar Cheese [Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Color, Calcium Chloride]Water, Whey, Cream, Sodium Phosphates, Salt, Enzyme Modified Cheese, Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid (To Protect Flavor), Guar Gum, Acetic Acid, Paprika And Turmeric Extract [Color]).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sorbic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.