Marshmallow Cereal Bars, Fruity

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Marshmallow Cereal Bars, Fruity scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Coconut And Palm Kernel Oils), Hydrogenated Palm Kernel And Palm Oils): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Emulsifiers (Glycerin, 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 Marshmallow Cereal Bars, Fruity'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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Toasted Rice Cereal [Rice, Sugar, Salt, Red 40, Niacinamide, Reduced Iron, Zinc Oxide (Source Of Zinc), Turmeric Oleoresin (Color), Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Vitamin B6, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Palmitate, Blue 2, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12].

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Marshmallow (Corn Syrup, Sugar, Gelatin, Natural And Artificial Flavor), Fructose, Sugar, Dextrose.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.