Coconut Pie

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Coconut Pie 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 (Natural & Artificial Flavors): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.

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 Coconut Pie'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: Pie Crust (Flour, Vegetable Shortening (Hydrogenated Soybean & Cottonseed Oil), Water, Dextrose, Salt, Milk Solids), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine (Partially Hydrogenated Palm & Palm Kernel Oil, Liquid Soybean Oil, Water, Butter (Milk), Salt, Nonfat Dry Milk (Milk), Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin (Soy), Sodium Benzoate And Citric Acid Added As Preservatives, Artificial Flavor, Colored With Beta Carotene, Vitamin A Palmitate Added).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: & Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.