Milk Chocolate & Peanut Butter Flavored Snack Bites

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Milk Chocolate & Peanut Butter Flavored Snack Bites scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Hydrogenated Palm Oil): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Candy, this product is more processed than about 32% of the 21,778 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 Milk Chocolate & Peanut Butter Flavored Snack Bites' 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: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Milk, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Soy Lecithin, Vanillin [Artificial Flavor]), Rice Biscuits (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Molasses, Reduced Iron And Zinc Oxide [Mineral Nutrients], Vitamin C [Sodium Ascorbate], Vitamin B3 [Niacinamide], Vitamin B6 [Pyridoxine Hydrochloride], Vitamin B1 [Thiamin Mononitrate], Vitamin B2 [Riboflavin], Folic Acid, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D), Sugar, Maltodextrin.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Kernel Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.