Enjoy Chocolate, Small Chocolate Cake

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Enjoy Chocolate, Small Chocolate Cake scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Processed Fruit Products (Chocolate Liquor (Processed With Alkali), Cocoa, Chocolate): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Vanillin): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Chocolate, this product is more processed than about 67% of the 9,618 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 Enjoy Chocolate, Small Chocolate 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: Sugar, Pretzels (Soft Red Winter Wheat Flour, Salt, Sunflower Or Canola Or Rice Oil, Corn Syrup Malt Syrup, Yeast).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Nabisco Graham Crackers Enriched Wheat Flour With Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate Vit. B1 , Riboflavin Vit B2 And Folic Acid, Sugar, Graham Flour Whole Grain Wheat Flour , Soybean Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Honey Leavening Baking Soda, Calcium Phosphate , Salt.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.