Lemon Macaroon Bars

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Lemon Macaroon Bars 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.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 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 Lemon Macaroon Bars' 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: Sweetened Coconut (Coconut, Water, Sugar, Salt, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Metabisulfite), Brown Sugar, Lemon Filling (Sugar, Eggs, Water, Shortening [Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Modified Palm Oil], Lemon Juice Concentrate, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Flavor, Color), Sugar, and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine (Modified Palm Oil, Modified Palm Kernel Oil, Canola Oil, Water, Salt, Whey, Vegetable Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate, Colored With Beta-Carotene, Cholecalciferol [Vitamin D]).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate, Baking Powder.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.