Holiday Fruitcake
The processing score reflects 89 ingredients, including artificial colors, high-fructose corn syrup, artificial flavoring, plus 5 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar.
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Ingredients
19 listed · 12 flagged for reviewGLACE CHERRIES (CORN SYRUP, CHERRIES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVES), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, AND SULFUR DIOXIDE (PRESERVATIVE)), GLACE PINEAPPLE (CORN SYRUP, PINEAPPLE, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVES), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, TURMERIC (COLOR), RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1 AND SULFUR DIOXIDE (PRESERVATIVE)), FLOUR (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PECANS, RAISINS, WATER, WALNUT, CANE SUGAR, EGGS, EGG WHITE, CAKE (SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, NON FAT DRY MILK, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOESTERS, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, SOYBEAN OIL, SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE (FLOW AID), BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), MARGARINE (MODIFIED PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, LIQUID CANOLA, OIL, WATER, SALT, WHEY POWDER (MILK), VEGETABLE MONOGLYCERIDES, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOUR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, COLORED WITH BETA-CAROTENE, VITAMIN D3), WHOLE GLACE CHERRIES (CHERRIES, GLUCOSE, GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (MINT GREEN OR RED 40 AND YELLOW 5/TARTRAZINE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM BENZOATE, SULPHUR DIOXIDE), RUM, CORN SYRUP, SODIUM PROPIONATE, RUM FLAVOR (PROPYLENE GLYCOL, WATER, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), FLAVOR (NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, CORN STARCH), POTASSIUM SORBATE.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Holiday Fruitcake 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 (Rum Flavor (Propylene Glycol, Water, Artificial Flavor)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
- Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Cake (Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Non Fat Dry Milk, Mono- And Diglycerides, Baking Powder (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Modified Tapioca Starch, Soybean Oil, Sodium Aluminosilicate (Flow Aid), Beta Carotene (Color), Carboxymethylcellulose, Artificial Flavor)): 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 Holiday Fruitcake'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.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Glace Cherries (Corn Syrup, Cherries, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Natural And Artificial Flavor, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1, And Sulfur Dioxide (Preservative)), Glace Pineapple (Corn Syrup, Pineapple, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Natural And Artificial Flavor, Turmeric (Color), Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1 And Sulfur Dioxide (Preservative)), Whole Glace Cherries (Cherries, Glucose, Glucose-Fructose, Citric Acid, Artificial Color (Mint Green Or Red 40 And Yellow 5/Tartrazine), Artificial Flavor, Sodium Benzoate, Sulphur Dioxide).
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Cane Sugar, Flavor (Natural & Artificial Flavor, Dextrose, Corn Starch).
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator
In this product: Sodium Propionate.
Natural sources but industrial application.
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