Frosted Cookies
The processing score reflects 63 ingredients, including hydrogenated oil, artificial flavoring, modified ingredients, plus 2 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
24 listed · 8 flagged for reviewSUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MONO- & DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [PRESERVATIVE], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO [COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, ANHYDROUS DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN [EMULSIFIER], VANILLA EXTRACT), BROWN SUGAR (SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, CANE MOLASSES), EGGS, GRAHAM BITS (WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, HONEY POWDER [MALTODEXTRIN, HONEY], BAKING SODA, SALT, ANNATTO COLOR, CARAMEL COLOR), OF: WATER, CORN STARCH, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL AND/OR PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [COTTONSEED AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL]), LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM SULFATE), COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), INVERT SUGAR, MOLASSES, CARAMEL, SALT, POLYSORBATE 60, WHEY, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE (LAC RESIN), SOY LECITHIN, CARNAUBA WAX.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Frosted Cookies 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.
- Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa (Processed With Alkali)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
- Emulsifiers (Polysorbate 60, Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
- Other Additives (Confectioner'S Glaze (Lac Resin), Carnauba Wax): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
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 Frosted Cookies' 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, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Anhydrous Dextrose, Soy Lecithin [Emulsifier], Vanilla Extract), Brown Sugar (Sugar, Invert Sugar, Cane Molasses), Graham Bits (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Whole Wheat Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil, Honey Powder [Maltodextrin, Honey], Baking Soda, Salt, Annatto Color, Caramel Color), and 2 more.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Mono- & Diglycerides, Calcium Disodium Edta [Preservative], Artificial Flavor, Annatto [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate), Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel Oil And/Or Palm Oil And/Or Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil [Cottonseed And/Or Soybean Oil]).
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate).
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
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