Melville Candy, Crispy Rice Tree, Chocolate Peppermint

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Melville Candy, Crispy Rice Tree, Chocolate Peppermint scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Tbhq): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• 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 Melville Candy, Crispy Rice Tree, Chocolate Peppermint'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: Marshmallow (Corn Syrup, Invert Sugar, Sugar, Water, Gelatin, Modified Corn Starch), Crisp Rice (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Malt [Corn Flour, Malted Barley], Reduced Iron, Niacinamide, Thiamin Hydrochloride [Vitamin B1], Pyridoxine Hydrochloride [Vitamin B6], Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid And Bht [Preservative]), Chocolate Coating (Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel & Cottonseed Oils, Nonfat Dry Milk, Cocoa, Milk, Glyceryl-Lacto Esters Of Fatty Acids, Soy Lecithin, Salt), Hard Candy (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Water, Canola Oil, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Red 40, Titanium Dioxide [For Color]).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Vegetable Monoglycerides, Whey Solids, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Natural And Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Beta Carotene [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate Added).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.