Dutch Creme Curls

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Flavors (Vegetable Shortning (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil And Cottonseed Oil, Palm Oil With Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids Added, Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Artificial Flavors, Vitamin A Palmitate)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Artificial Colors (Yellow 5 And #6, Red 40): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Emulsifiers (Polysorbate 60): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Other Additives (Propylene Glycol): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

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 Dutch Creme Curls' 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, Dextrose, Maltodextrine.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid, Phosphoric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Propionate (Propionate Acid).

Natural sources but industrial application.