Cheesecake, Caramel Pecan Turtle

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Cheesecake, Caramel Pecan Turtle scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Flavors (Natural And Artificial Vanilla Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cream Cheese (Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Stabilizers (Carob Bean And/Or Xanthan And/Or Guar Gums)), Caramel (Reduced Lactose Sweetened Condensed Whole Milk (Milk, Sugar, Skim Milk), Corn Syrup, Water, Sugar, Butter (Cream, Salt), Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Modified Corn Starch, Gellan Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Bicarbonate, Mono And Diglycerides (Vegetable), Vanilla, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Salt)): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

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 Cheesecake, Caramel Pecan Turtle'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: Sugar, Chocolate Coating (Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Chocolate Liquor, Coconut Oil, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Salt, Natural Flavor, Milk).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Chocolate Cookie Crumb (Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Palm And Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Sodium Bicarbonate, Soy Lecithin).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Pan Spray (Canola Oil And/Or Soybean Oil, Soy Lecithin, Partially Hydrogenated Canola Oil And/Or Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Tbhq And Citric Acid In Propylene Glycol (Added As Antioxidants)).

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.