Key Lime Pie, Key Lime

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Key Lime Pie, Key Lime scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Emulsifiers (Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Polysorbate 60): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Milk Protein (Whey, Casein)): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Ammonium Bicarbonate Guar Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this product is more processed than about 38% of the 14,928 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 Key Lime Pie, Key Lime'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: Sweetened Condensed Nonfat Milk (Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Lactose), Wheat Flour Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup Brown Sugar, Invert Sugar, and 3 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil, Canola Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid, Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono- And Diglycerides.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.