Chocolate Chip Cookie, Chocolate Chip

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Natural Flavors (Pure Vanilla Extract, Natural Flavors): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Emulsifiers (Organic Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate 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, 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: Chocolate Chips (Organic Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Bean), Brown Sugar, Cane Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Earth Balance (Palm Fruit, Canola Oil, Olive Oil, Sunflower Lecithin, Lactic Acid, Annatto Extract).

Natural sources but still indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Powder (Corn Starch, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), 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: Mixed Tocopherols.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.