Cream Puff

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Powder With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Vanilla Extract): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Frozen Appetizers, this product is more processed than about 39% of the 4,714 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 Cream Puff'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: Caramel Sauce (Corn Syrup, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Heavy Cream, Water, Butter [Cream, Salt], Nonfat Milk, Natural Flavor, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Mono- & Diglycerides, Sodium Bicarbonate), Caramel (Sugar, Palm Oil, Maltodextrin, Nonfat Dry Milk, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Soy Lecithin, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Soybean Oil, Natural Vanilla Extract), Stabilizer (Sugar, Modified Potato Starch, Carboxy Methyl Cellulose, Natural Vanilla Flavor), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oil (Coconut, Palm Kernel, And/Or Soybean Oil), Palm Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.