Galletti Shortbread Cookie with Sugar Crystals

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Galletti Shortbread Cookie with Sugar Crystals scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Flavors (Vanillin - An Artificial Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Less Than 2%: Casein): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 17% 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 Galletti Shortbread Cookie with Sugar Crystals' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sunflower Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Glucose Syrup.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream Of Tartar).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.