Holiday Fruitcake, Holiday

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Holiday Fruitcake, Holiday scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Flavors (Natural & Artificial Flavors): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Carrageenan): 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, Holiday'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, Diced Dates (Dates, Dextrose Coating Agent]), Glace Red Cherries (Cherpies, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate [Preservatives], Red 40, Sulfur Dioxide [Preservative]), Orange Peel (Orange Peel, Invert Sugar, Citric Acid), and 4 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Shortening (Palm Oil, Mon & Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Propionate, Sodium Metabisulfite [Preservative].

Natural sources but industrial application.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Phosphate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.