Daystar Desserts, Cheesecake, Vanilla Bean

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Daystar Desserts, Cheesecake, Vanilla Bean scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Cream Cheese (Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Stabilizers (Carob Bean And/Or Xanthan And/Or Guar Gums), Water, Whey Protein Concentrate, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Cream, Lactic Acid, Milk, Potassium Sorbate, Xanthan Gum, Cheese Culture, Natural Flavor, Enzymes)): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Vanilla): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

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 Daystar Desserts, Cheesecake, Vanilla Bean'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: Graham Crackers (Unbleached Unenriched Wheat Flour, Whole Wheat/Graham Flour, Sugar, Palm And Palm Kernel Oil, Molasses, Honey, Salt, Sodium Bicarbonate), Sugar, Brown Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Artificial Flavor, Colored With Annatto, Calcium Disodium Edta, Vitamin A Palmitate Added).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.