Chocolate Chip Cookie Slice, Chocolate Chip

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chocolate Chip Cookie Slice, Chocolate Chip scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Colors (Carnauba Wax. Dextrin. Confectioners Glaze. Vanillin. Fd&C Blue 1 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, +4 more): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Potassium Sorbate. When Decorated Colors Or Decorettes Added May Contain Glycerine. Modified Corn Starch. Carrageenan, Palm & Palm Kernel Oll. Gum Arabic, Xanthan Gum. Soy Lecithin. Polysorbate 80, +1 more): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 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 Chocolate Chip Cookie Slice, Chocolate Chip'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: Cookle Base (Enriched Flour Bleached [Wheat Flour, Niacin. Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate. Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Malted Barley Flour, Sugar, Palm Oil. Dextrose, Eggs With Sodium Silicoluminate. Modified Whey, Salt. Baking Soda. Artificial Flavor. Soy Flour), Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Butterfat (Milk). Soy Lecithin. Vanilla), Invert Syrup. Contains 2% Or Less: Artificial Flavors, Saft. Chocolate Icing Also Contains: Fudge Base (Cocoa Processed W/ Alkall. Soybean Oll. Corn Syrup. Palm Oil. Mono- And Diglycerides And 2% Or Less Soy Lecithin, Chocolate Liquor, Tbhq), and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soy Bean Oll. Water. Margarine Vegetable Oil Blend [Soy Bean And Palm Oils]. Contains 2% Or Less Salt, Monoand Diglycerides. Nonfat, Dry Milk, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate [Preservativel, Artificial Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate, Beta Carotene [Color] , Contains 2% Or Less Invert Syrup, Corn Syrup, Molasses, And Vanilla Extractbuttercreme Icing: Powdered Sugar Sugar. Cornstarch , Shortening Palm Oil And Modified Palm Oil. Canola Oll. Vegetable Mono- & Diglycerides. Polysorbate 80.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Anti-Caking AgentsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil. Silicon Dioxide.

Common in powdered processed foods.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.