Root Beer Float Flavored Premium Swirled Cups, Root Beer Float

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Root Beer Float Flavored Premium Swirled Cups, Root Beer Float scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup Sweetened Condensed Milk (Milk, Sugar), Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Artificial Flavors (Artificial Root Beer Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Carrageenan): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

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 Root Beer Float Flavored Premium Swirled Cups, Root Beer Float'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, Dextrose.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Caramel Color.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.