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Processing Score
6.8Highly Processed
Nutrition Score
—/10No Data

The processing score reflects 20 ingredients, including enriched flour or grain, emulsifiers or gums and natural flavoring. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and cholesterol.

Nutrition Highlights

Good Protein Source

Nutrient Alerts

High SugarHigh Saturated FatHigh Cholesterol
Data Updated
Oct 18, 2026
UPC
612781000027
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size80 g
Amount per serving
Calories
290
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13g
17%
Saturated Fat 8g
40%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 105mg
35%
Sodium 210mg
9%
Total Carbohydrate 38g
14%
Dietary Fiber 1g
4%
Total Sugars 21g
Includes 20g Added Sugars
40%
Protein 5g
Vitamin D 0mcg
0%
Calcium 30mg
2%
Iron 1.2mg
7%
Potassium 0mg
0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

8 listed · 3 flagged for review

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, EGGS, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), MILK WITH VITAMIN D ADDED, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN.

Listed in source order (heaviest first). Select any ingredient to see its category bucket and other products that contain it.

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Pound Cake scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

  • Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
  • Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this is among the less processed 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 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.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Milk With Vitamin D Added.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

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