Gingerbread Cake Bites

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Industrial Enzymes (Enzyme (Wheat Flour And 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Salt, 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 Gingerbread Cake Bites' 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: Cake Base (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached [Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Food Starch-Modified, Soybean Oil, Dry Whey, Leavening [Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Baking Soda], Salt, Vital Wheat Gluten, Propylene Glycol Mono & Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Mono & Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Dextrose, Corn Starch, Tricalcium Phosphate, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Water, Citric Acid, Alpha Tocopherol [As Preservative], Ascorbic Acid [Dough Conditioner], Egg, Soy Flour), White Confectionary (Sugar, Vegetable Oil [Palm Kernel Oil And Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil], Whey Powder, Whole Milk Solids, Nonfat Dry Milk Solids, Soy Lecithin [An Emulsifier], Salt, And Artificial Flavor), Gingerbread Men Sprinkles (Sugar, Rice Flour, Vegetable Oil [Palm And Palm Kernel], Gum Arabic, Cellulose Gum, Yellow 5, Confectioner'S Glaze, Carrageenan, Yellow 6, Red 40, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavor, Blue 1), Molasses.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soy Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.