Fruit Ring Cake, Fruit

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Flavors (Natural & Artificial Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Emulsifiers (Glycerin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

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 Fruit Ring Cake, Fruit'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: Candied Cherries (Cherries, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Water, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Fd&C Red 40, Fd&C Yellow 5, Fd&C Blue 1, Sulfur Dioxide [Preservative], Calcium Chloride), Sugar, Glaze (Water, Corn Syrup Solids, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cellulose Gum, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Caramel Color, Natural & Artificial Flavors).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Tbhq [Preservative], Citric Acid [Preservative]), Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Propionate.

Natural sources but industrial application.

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.