Vanilla Cake Pops, Vanilla
The processing score reflects 59 ingredients, including artificial colors, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavoring, plus 5 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar.
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Ingredients
14 listed · 7 flagged for reviewCAKE MIX (GRANULATED SUGAR, BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, IRON, NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN FOLIC ACID], NONFAT DRY MILK, FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT, LEAVENING [SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE], SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG WHITES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS), WATER, WHITE FLAVORED CONFECTIONERY COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, WHEY POWDER, NONFAT DRY MILK, VEGETABLE FAT [PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL], SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVORS), EGG, POWDERED SUGAR (SUGAR, CORN STARCH), MINI STAR SHAPED SPRINKLES (SUGAR, CORN STARCH, RICE FLOUR, PALM OIL, SHELLAC, GUM ACACIA, XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICAL FLAVORS, BLUE 1 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), SOYBEAN OIL, PALM SHORTENING (PALM OIL, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES), PALM SHORTENING (HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL, SOY LECITHIN), PALM OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SALT, BLUE 1 LAKE.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Vanilla Cake Pops, Vanilla scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
- Artificial Colors (Blue 1 Lake): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Mini Star Shaped Sprinkles (Sugar, Corn Starch, Rice Flour, Palm Oil, Shellac, Gum Acacia, Xanthan Gum, Natural And Artifical Flavors, Blue 1 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Mono-And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60)): 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 Vanilla Cake Pops, Vanilla'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: Cake Mix (Granulated Sugar, Bleached Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Folic Acid], Nonfat Dry Milk, Food Starch - Modified, Soybean And/Or Canola Oil, Mono-And Diglycerides, Salt, Leavening [Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate], Soy Flour, Dried Egg Whites, Natural And Artificial Flavors), White Flavored Confectionery Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Whey Powder, Nonfat Dry Milk, Vegetable Fat [Palm And Palm Kernel Oil], Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavors), Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch).
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Soybean Oil, Palm Shortening (Palm Oil, Distilled Monoglycerides), Palm Shortening (Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Soy Lecithin), Palm Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
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