Polar Bear Mix Assorted Chocolate Confections

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Polar Bear Mix Assorted Chocolate Confections scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Flavors (Vanillin: An Artificial Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Emulsifiers (Lecithin As Emulsifier): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa, Cocoa Mass): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.

Within Candy, this product is more processed than about 32% of the 21,778 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 Polar Bear Mix Assorted Chocolate Confections' 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: Kinder Milk Chocolate - Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Lecithin As Emulsifier, Vanillin: An Artificial Flavor), Sugar, Kinder Hollow Figure - Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Lecithin As Emulsifier, Vanillin: An Artificial Flavor), Kinder Joy Egg - Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil, Vegetable Oils (Palm, Sheanut And Sunflower).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate As Leavening Agents.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.