Marble Pound Cake
The processing score reflects 35 ingredients, including artificial flavoring, preservatives, modified ingredients, plus 3 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar and total fat.
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Ingredients
22 listed · 10 flagged for reviewBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, BROWN SUGAR, WHOLE EGGS, SOUR CREAM (NONFAT MILK, CULTURED CREAM WHEY [MILK], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM CARRAGEENAN GUM, SODIUM CITRATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], ENZYMES). CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MODIFIED FOOD STARCH (CORN), BUTTER (CREAM [MILK], NATURAL FLAVOR)WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (MILK), SPICES, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (SOYBEAN OIL, GLYCEROL-LACTO ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, TBHQ [PRESERVATIVE]), WATER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (MILK), SALT, EMULSIFIER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE), NONFAT DRY MILK, SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM CASEINATE (MILK)GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM, EGG WHITES, SOY FLOUR, SOY LECITHIN.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Marble Pound Cake scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Artificial Flavors (Natural And Artificial Flavor (Milk)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
- Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Sour Cream (Nonfat Milk, Cultured Cream Whey [Milk], Modified Food Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Guar Gum Carrageenan Gum, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Enzymes). Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following Modified Food Starch (Corn), Sodium Caseinate (Milk)Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Other Additives (Emulsifier (Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids, Distilled Monoglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
- Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
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 Marble Pound Cake'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, Brown Sugar.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Soybean Oil, Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil, Glycerol-Lacto Esters Of Fatty Acids, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Tbhq [Preservative]).
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Sodium Aluminium Phosphate.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate.
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
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