Gourmet Cookie Dough Bar

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Gourmet Cookie Dough Bar scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Candy Pieces [Dark Chocolate Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla , Sugar, Natural Colors Spirulina Extract, Turmeric, Beet Juice, Beta Carotene , Gum Arabic, Corn Syrup, Confectioner'S Glaze ]): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Vanilla Extract, Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

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 Gourmet Cookie Dough Bar'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: Milk Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla), Brown Cane Sugar, Evaporated Cane Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Fruit Oil, Canola Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.