Chocolate Peanut Butter Jar Cake

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Modified Starches (Modified Corn Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cream Cheese [Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Stabilizers {Carob Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum}], Semi-Sweet Chocolate Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanillin [Artificial Flavor], Peanut Butter Peanuts, Dextrose, Hydrogenated Rapeseed And/Or Cottonseed Oil, Salt , Whole Eggs With Citric Acid Preservative , Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Buttermilk Powder, Gelatin, Natural Flavors, Whey Protein Concentrate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt, Invert Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Milk, Lactic Acid, Cream, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Natural Flavor, Enzymes, Cheese Culture, Soy Lecithin): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Processed Fruit Products (Chocolate Covered Crispies): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Other Additives (Confectioner'S Glaze [Arabic Gum]): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

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 Peanut Butter Jar Cake'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, Egg Yolks (Egg Yolks, Sugar), Glucose Syrup.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil, Coconut Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Chocolate Covered Crisp [Wheat Flour, Sugar, Wheat Malt Flour, Wheat Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate {Raising Agent}, Salt, Cocoa Butter, Natural Vanilla Flavor].

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.