Cherry Flavored Filled Snack Cake, Cherry

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Cherry Flavored Filled Snack Cake, Cherry scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Filling [Sugar, Strawberry Puree, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Cornstarch, Apple Juice, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Coconut), Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Artificial Flavor, Red 40, Red 3], Guar Gum, Carrageenan, +2 more): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Glycerin, Mono & Diglycerides, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, +2 more): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Industrial Enzymes (Enzymes): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.

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 Cherry Flavored Filled Snack Cake, Cherry'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, Maltodextrin.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Hydrogenated Palm And/Or Fractionated Palm And Canola Oils).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Baking Soda, Aluminum Sodium Sulfate, Calcium Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Carbonate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Preservatives (Sodium Propionate, Sorbic Acid), Enrichment (Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folic Acid, Reduced Iron, Zinc Oxide).

Natural sources but industrial application.