Hand Decorated Crispy Rice Treat

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Hand Decorated Crispy Rice Treat scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Colors (Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 3, +3 more): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Artificial Flavors (Artificial Vanilla Flavor): 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 Hand Decorated Crispy Rice Treat'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: Marshmallows (Corn Syrup, Sugar, Modified Cornstarch, Water, Gelatin), Rice Cereal (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Malt Extract, Reduced Iron, Niacinamide, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid), White Confectionery Coating (Sugar, Vegetable Oil [Palm Kernel Oil And Palm Oil], Nonfat Dry Milk, Whole Milk, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Vanilla Flavor), Cocoa Confectionery Coating (Sugar, Vegetable Oil [Palm Kernel Oil And Palm Oil], Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Nonfat Dry Milk, Sorbitan Monostearate, Mono- And Diglycerides, Citric Acid [To Help Protect Flavor], Soy Lecithin, Artificial Vanilla Flavor), and 2 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor, Beta-Carotene [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.