Mini Cupcake Party Baking Kit
The processing score reflects 37 ingredients, including artificial colors, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavoring, plus 3 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar and sodium. It also contains trans fat.
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Ingredients
19 listed · 8 flagged for reviewVANILLA CUPCAKE MIX: SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SHORTENING (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60), BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SKIM MILK SOLIDS, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BICARBONATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS. VALENTINE NONPAREILS: SUGAR, CORN STARCH, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, RED 3, CARNAUBA WAX, RED 40, YELLOW 6, BLUE 2. STRAWBERRY FROSTING MIX: CONFECTIONER'S SUGAR (SUGAR, CORN STARCH), SALT.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Mini Cupcake Party Baking Kit scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Artificial Colors (Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 6): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
- Emulsifiers (Mono And Diglycerides): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
- Other Additives (Confectioner'S Glaze, Carnauba Wax): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
Within Baking Mixes, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,176 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 Mini Cupcake Party Baking Kit'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: Vanilla Cupcake Mix: Sugar, Natural And Artificial Flavors. Valentine Nonpareils: Sugar, Blue 2. Strawberry Frosting Mix: Confectioner'S Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch).
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60).
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Sodium Bicarbonate.
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
- Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator
In this product: Ascorbic Acid.
Fortification often compensates for processing losses.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Citric Acid.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
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