Cookies & Cream Topping

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Cookies & Cream Topping scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Sour Dressing (Non Fat Milk, Palm Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Gelatin, Lactic Acid, Guar Gum, Potassium Sorbate To Protect Flavor, Citric Acid, Acetic Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Carrageenan, Sodium Phosphate, Beta-Carotene)): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Modified Fats (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cotton Seed Oils): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Artificial Flavors (Vanilla Flavor (Propylene Glycol, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Ethylalcohol)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Emulsifiers (Mono- And Diglycerides): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Baking Supplies, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,060 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 Cookies & Cream Topping'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: Whipped Topping (Water, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Contains Less Than 2% Of The Following: Carbohydrate Gum, Polysorbate 60, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Citrate, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Disodium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Modified Corn Starch, Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate To Protect Flavor, Gelatin, Citric Acid, Colored With Beta Carotene), Pudding Mix (Sugar, Dextrose, Food Starch-Modified), Chocolate Sandwich Cookies (Unbleached Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Palm And/Or Canola Oil, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], High Fructose Corn Syrup, Leavening [Baking Soda And/Or Calcium Phosphate], Cornstarch, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Vanillin- An Artificial Flavor, Chocolate).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium And Potassium Phosphates.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.