Lemon Mousse Filled Cake, Lemon Mousse

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Lemon Mousse Filled Cake, Lemon Mousse scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Colors (Artificial Flavor And Color, Yellow 5 Lake): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Souri Cream Cultured Pasteurized Cream, Nonfat Milk, Enzymes . Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Lemon Filling Corn Syrup [Sulfur Dioxide , Lemon Peel, Water, Lemon Puree, Phosphoric Acid, Pectins, Citric Acid, Fd&C Yellow 5, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Natural And Artificial Flavor): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

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 Lemon Mousse Filled Cake, Lemon Mousse'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: White Compound (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dry Whole Milk, Whey, Palmoil, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavor), Cake Base Sugar, Bleached Wheat Flour, Food Starch-Modified, Soybean Oil, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Natural And Artificial Flavor, Whey, Soy Flour, Vital Wheat Gluten, Salt, Emulsifiers Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Monoglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate], Topping (Water, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Polysorbate 60, Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose, Artificial Flavor, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sorbitan Monostearate, Sodium Citrate, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Annatto Extract [Color]), Sugar, and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil, Palm Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Creme Base (Tapioca Starch-Modified, Calcium Carbonate, Corn Starch, Salt, Whey, Skim Milk, Carrageenan, Glucono-Delta-Lactone, Xanthan Gum,Potassium Sorbate, Soylecithin, Fd&C Yellow 5, Fd&C Yellow 6).

Natural sources but industrial application.