Coborn's, Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Coborn's, Double Chocolate Chip Cookies 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.
• Artificial Flavors (Artificial Vanilla Flavor (Water, Propylene Glycol, Artificial Flavors, Citric Acid)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Natural Flavors (Cookie Base (Rice Flour, Rice Starch, Food Starch Modified, Brown Rice Flour, Baking Soda, Gum Arabic, Natural Flavor, Salt)): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 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 Coborn's, Double Chocolate Chip Cookies' 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: Semi-Sweet Chocolate Pieces (Unsweetened Chocolate, Sugar, Soy Lecithin [Emulsifier], Vanillin [Artificial Flavor]), Brown Sugar, Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.