Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix, Chocolate Chip

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Processed Fruit Products (Unsweetened Chocolate): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Baking Mixes, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,176 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 Chip Pancake Mix, Chocolate Chip'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, Maple Flavored Flakes [Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Palm, Palm Kernel), Wheat Flour, Cocoa Powder, Glucose, Extractives Of Fenugreek, Maple Sugar, Caramel Color, Soy Lecithin], Dextrose, Molasses Powder.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Cream Of Tartar, Baking Soda).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.