Carnival Cake, Carnival

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Carnival Cake, Carnival 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): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Artificial Colors (Blue 1, Red 40 & #3, Blue 1, Yellow 6): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.

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 Carnival Cake, Carnival'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: Cake Mix (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached [Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid]. Egg Whites, Soybean Oil, Propylene Glycol Mono & Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Leavning [Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Aluminium Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate].Artificial Flavor, Cellulose Gum, Dextrose, Egg Yolks, Modified Food Starch, Mono & Diglycerides, Non-Fat Milk, Polysorbate 60, Salt, Sorbitan Monostearate, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum), Sugar, Invert Sugar, Whipped Topping (Water, Sugar, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Dextrose, Sodium Caseinate, Citric Acid, -Polysorbate 80, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Polysorbate 60, Carbohydrate Gum, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Potassium Sorbate, Mono & Diglycerides), and 2 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Shortening (Interesterified Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Mono & Diglycerides), Soybean Oil, Shortening (Palm Oil With Mono And Diglycerides, And Polysorbate 60 Added).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Violet Color (Water, Red 3 Blue 1 Modified Corn Starch, Vegetable Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate & Potassium Sobate [As Preservative]).

Natural sources but industrial application.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.