Fancy White Chocolate Chip

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Flavors (Natural & Artificial Flavors): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Fillings & Toppings High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Artificial Colors (Glucose Fd&C Yellow 5 & #6 Blue 1 Red 40): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Gellan Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Pectin Cocoa): 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 Fancy White 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: Sugar 0 Trans Margarine (Palm Oil Water Mono & Diglycerides Soybean, Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate Colored With Beta Carotene)Whole Egg, Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.