Ice Cream Cake Kit

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa (Processed With Alkali)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Other Additives (Propylene Glycol Ester, Monoglycerides): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Emulsifiers (Polysorbate 60, Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Baking Mixes, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,176 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 Ice Cream Cake Kit'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.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm And Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Dextrose. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Aluminum Sulfate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Artificial Flavor. Ice Cream Mix Sugar, Filtered Skim Milk Powder, Natural Flavor, Guar Gum, Mono & Diglycerides, Carob Bean Gum, Gum Arabic, Salt, Cookies Sugar, Unbleached Enriched Flour Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate Vitamin B1 , Riboflavin Vitamin B2 , Folic Acid , Palm And/Or Canola Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali , Cornstarch, Leavening Baking Soda And/Or Calcium Phosphate , Salt, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract, Chocolate Contains: Wheat, Soy And Milk.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.