Daystar Desserts, Tiramisu

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Processed Meats (Gelatin): Mechanically separated and reformed meats are UPF markers.
• 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, Coffee): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

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, Tiramisu'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: Sugar, Mocha Paste (Water, Dextrose, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Carmel Color, Espresso Extract, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Ladyfingers (Whole Eggs, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Food Starch-Modified, Modified Tapioca, Monocalcium Phosphate), Contains Less Than 2% Of Each Of The Following: Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Cellulose Gum, Corn Starch, Guar Gum, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Monoglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor (Dextrose, Sucrose, Polysorbate 80), Propylene Glycol, Salt, Sodium Propionate (Preservative), Wheat Flour).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Powder (Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Calcium Sulphate, Calcium Phosphate), Sodium Bicarbonate.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.