Gingerbread Pound Cake Slice, Gingerbread

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Flavors (Of: Artificial Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Artificial Colors (Yellow 5, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6, +1 more): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Emulsifiers (Mono - And Diglycerides): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Other Additives (Propylene Glycol Mono - And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate 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 Pound Cake Slice, Gingerbread'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: Vanilla Cake Mix (Sugar Enriched)Wheat Flour Bleached (Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Dark Molasses (Sugarcane Molasses).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Baking Soda. Sodium Aluminium Phosphate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.