Layered Double Chocolate Refrigerated Dessert

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Layered Double Chocolate Refrigerated Dessert scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Cornstarch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Modified Fats (Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Coconut And Palm Kernel Oils)): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Processed With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Other Additives (Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate (For Smooth Texture)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Pickles & Relishes, this product is more processed than about 84% of the 10,255 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 Layered Double Chocolate Refrigerated Dessert'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, Semisweet Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Milk), Sucrose Fatty Acid Esters.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.