Eclair Cake
The processing score reflects 138 ingredients, including artificial colors, high-fructose corn syrup, artificial flavoring, plus 6 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
24 listed · 16 flagged for reviewCAKE MIX (SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY, EMULSIFIER BLEND [PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ASCORBIC ACID {PRESERVATIVE}], SALT, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, LEAVENING [SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, CAROB BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM), HEAVY CREAM (MILK, CREAM, CARRAGEENAN), EGGS, SOYBEAN OIL, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLIN [AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR]), BUTTER WITH NATURAL FLAVOR (PASTEURIZED CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORS), VANILLA FILLING (SUGAR, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR], CORN STARCH, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], DEXTROSE, WHEAT STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, ENZYME, FOLIC ACID), GRAHAM CRACKER CRUMBS (ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], GRAHAM FLOUR, SUGAR, PALM OIL, BROWN SUGAR, HONEY, SALT, BAKING SODA, NATURAL FLAVOR), POWDERED SUGAR (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH), NON-DAIRY WHIPPED TOPPING (WATER, PALM KERNEL OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: COCONUT OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE [A MILK DERIVATIVE], DEXTROSE, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM, BETA CAROTENE [FOR COLOR]), WHITE COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, WHEY POWDER, NONFAT MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, MONOGLYCERIDES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE COLOR, NATURAL FLAVORS), CORN SYRUP, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH POTASSIUM CARBONATE), SUGARED EGG YOLKS (EGG YOLKS, SUGAR), DEXTROSE, GRAHAM CRACKER COMPOUND (NATURAL FLAVOR, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, FRUCTOSE, SALT), SALT, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR BLEND (DEXTROSE, CORN STARCH, TURMERIC [COLOR], NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA-APO-8'-CAROTENAL [COLOR]ALCOHOL, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS [PRESERVATIVE]), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, VANILLA BEANS, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE).
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Eclair Cake 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.
- Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
- Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa (Processed With Potassium Carbonate)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant 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 Eclair Cake'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 Bleached Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Modified Food Starch, Soybean Oil, Whey, Emulsifier Blend [Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids, Mono- And Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Ascorbic Acid {Preservative}], Salt, Vital Wheat Gluten, Leavening [Sodium Aluminium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate], Artificial Flavor), Semisweet Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanillin [An Artificial Flavor]), Vanilla Filling (Sugar, Nonfat Milk, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Titanium Dioxide [Color], Corn Starch, Disodium Phosphate, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Dextrose, Wheat Starch, Maltodextrin, Artificial Flavor, Yellow 5, Yellow 6), Sugar, and 8 more.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Soybean Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate).
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
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