Chocolate Creme Cake, Chocolate

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup Solids): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Glycerin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Cakes & Pastries, this product is more processed than about 16% of the 11,919 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 Creme Cake, Chocolate'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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Cake Base Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour [Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Food Starch-Modified, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Soybean Oil, Whey, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Artificial Flavor, Caramel Color, Defatted Soy Flour, Eggs, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate , Monoand Diglycerides, Propylene Glycol Monoand Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Red 40, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sulfites, Vital Wheat Gluten.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Chocolate Chips (Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Chocolate, Nonfat Milk, Cocoa Butter, Milk Fat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor), Sugar, Invert Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.