Chocolate Fudge Cake, Chocolate
The processing score reflects 71 ingredients, including artificial colors, ingredients listed as artificial, modified ingredients, plus 3 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
27 listed · 10 flagged for reviewICING SUGAR, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL, MODIFIED PALM AND PALM KERNEL OILS, MONOGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), WATER, GRANULATED CANE SUGAR, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, BENZOYL PEROXIDE, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, CHLORINE), PARTIALLY SKIMMED MILK, LIQUID WHOLE EGG, ALKALIZED COCOA POWDER, VEGETABLE OILS (CANOLA/SOY), MARGARINE (SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, WHEY POWDER [MILK], VEGETABLE MONOGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], TURMERIC [ADDED FOR COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3), GLUCOSE SYRUP, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, NON FAT DRY MILK, ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL FLAVOR, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH), WHEY POWDER (MILK), BAKING SODA, SALT, RICE STARCH, CITRUS FIBER, DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (WATER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, YELLOW 5 [TARTRAZINE], BLUE 1, CITRIC ACID), SOY LECITHIN, CELLULOSE GUM, GUM ARABIC, XANTHAN GUM, SPRINKLES (ICING SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN STARCH, COCOA POWDER, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, FD&C ARTIFICIAL COLORS RED 40, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6, SHELLAC, POLYSORBATE 60).
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Chocolate Fudge Cake, Chocolate scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Artificial Colors (Artificial Color (Water, Propylene Glycol, Yellow 5 [Tartrazine], Blue 1, Citric Acid)): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
- Processed Fruit Products (Alkalized Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
- Natural Flavors (Artificial And Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
- Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Cellulose Gum, Gum Arabic, Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in 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 Fudge 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.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Icing Sugar, Granulated Cane Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Dextrose, and 1 more.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Canola Oil, Palm Oil, Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oils, Monoglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Vegetable Oils (Canola/Soy), Margarine (Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Whey Powder [Milk], Vegetable Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Annatto Extract [Color], Turmeric [Added For Color], Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3).
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch), Baking Soda.
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
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