Stocking Stuffer Shapes Candy Assortment

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Stocking Stuffer Shapes Candy Assortment scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Artificial Flavors (Vanillin (Artificial Flavor)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Processed Fruit Products (Chocolate, Cocoa, Of: Chocolate Salt): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Lecithin (Soy)): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Chocolate, this product is more processed than about 67% of the 9,618 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 Stocking Stuffer Shapes Candy Assortment'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: York Peppermint Patties Snowflakes - Sugar, Invert Sugar, Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Milk Fat, Lactose, Lecithin (Soy), Pgpr)Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Shea Oil, Sunflower Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, &/Or Safflower Oil)Vanillin (Artificial Flavor), Sugar, and 2 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Oil Of Peppermint, Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Shea Oil, Sunflower Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, &/Or Safflower Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Tbhq & Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.