Cake, Fruit & Nut

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Artificial Flavors (Natural & Artificial Flavors): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.

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 Cake, Fruit & Nut'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: Glace Pineapple (Pineapple, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate [Preservatives], Oleoresin Turmeric [Color], Sulfur Dioxide [Preservative]), Glace Red Cherries (Cherries, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate [Preservatives], Red 40, Sulfur Dioxide [Preservative]), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Shortening (Palm Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean/Cottonseed Oil, Mono-& Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.