Holiday Cookie Tray
The processing score reflects 106 ingredients, including artificial colors, hydrogenated oil, high-fructose corn syrup, plus 8 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
62 listed · 20 flagged for reviewBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SHORTENING (SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL), WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, BROWN SUGAR (CANE SUGAR, CANE SYRUPS), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, PALM FRACTIONS, WATER, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, ANTIOXIDANT (MIXED TOCOPHEROL [SOY DERIVED], VITAMIN A, BETA-CAROTENE), WHEAT FLOUR, BLEACHED, ENRICHED, BROMATED (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, POTASSIUM BROMATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, STABILIZERS [XANTHAN, LOCUST BEAN, GUAR GUM]), SUGAR (SUGAR, CONFECTIONERS GLAZE, FD&C RED 40 LAKE, CARNAUBA WAX, AND FD&C RED 40.), PEANUT BUTTER (PEANUTS, DEXTROSE, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL/RAPESEED, COTTONSEED AND SOYBEAN), SALT), PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, CAPRYLIC/ CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDES, BUTTER (CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORINGS), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ANNATTO, CARAMEL COLOR, COCOA POWDER, CORN SYRUP, APRICOT PUREE, ASCORBIC ACID, DRIED APRICOTS, DRIED CRANBERRIES, SUNFLOWER OIL, PISTACHIOS, WALNUTS, PECANS, WHOLE EGGS, SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE, GLYCERINE, CARRAGEENAN GUM, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, AND SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, BETA-CAROTENE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, ARTIFICIAL ALMOND FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, INVERT SUGAR, CORN STARCH, GUM ARABIC, CONFECTIONERS GLAZE, CARNAUBA WAX, ORANGE PEEL ZEST, CANE SUGAR, ORANGE OIL, ORANGE PULP, ORANGE OIL ESSENCE, RED RASPBERRIES, PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED GUAR GUM, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, MONO & DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL VANILLA EXTRACT, SALT,)WHITE CHIPS (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, PALM OIL, COCOA BUTTER, NONFAT MILK, CREAM, WHEY, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN AND VANILLA,)SKIM MILK, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SOY FLOUR, SOY LECITHIN, CELLULOSE GUM, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, VANILLA EXTRACT, VINEGAR, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, WHEY, PRESERVATIVES (POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE AND BENZOIC ACID).
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Holiday Cookie Tray scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
- Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
- Emulsifiers (Mono And Diglycerides, Glycerine, Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
- Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Carrageenan Gum, Gum Arabic, Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum, +1 more): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 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 Holiday Cookie Tray'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.
- Other AdditivesUPF marker
In this product: Confectioners Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, and 1 more.
Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
- Natural FlavorsUPF marker
In this product: Vanilla Extract.
Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Sugar, Brown Sugar (Cane Sugar, Cane Syrups), Invert Sugar, Cane Sugar, and 1 more.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Shortening (Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil), Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Sunflower Oil, and 2 more.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vitamin A Palmitate, Ascorbic Acid.
Fortification often compensates for processing losses.
- Natural ColorsProcessing indicator
In this product: Annatto, Caramel Color, Beta-Carotene, Titanium Dioxide.
Natural sources but still indicate processing.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Sodium Lauryl Sulfate.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, And Sodium Aluminum Phosphate).
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
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About our scores and this content
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