Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Cream Cheese (Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Stabilizers (Carob Bean And/Or Xanthan And/Or Guar Gums))): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Other Additives (Acid Leavener (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate And Calcium Sulfate)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this product is more processed than about 38% of the 14,928 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 Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing'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, Pineapple (With Sugar, Water, And Citric Acid), Coconut (Contains Sugar, Water, Propylene Glycol (Sustains Freshness), Salt, Sodium Metabisulfate (Preserves Whiteness)).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil (Citric Acid As A Preservatives).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.