Mini-Cupcakes, Lil' Mo
The processing score reflects 39 ingredients, including modified ingredients, emulsifiers or gums and natural flavoring. The nutrition score reflects high sugar and saturated fat.
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Ingredients
21 listed · 7 flagged for reviewFILTERED WATER, CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, NATURAL CHOCOLATE LIQUOR (NON-ALCOHOLIC), NON-DAIRY COCOA BUTTER), ORGANIC LIGHT BROWN SUGAR, SUGAR, WHITE RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC COCONUT CREAM (ORGANIC COCONUT, WATER, ORGANIC GUAR GUM), CANOLA OIL, TAPIOCA FLOUR, COCOA POWDER PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, POTATO STARCH, EGG REPLACER (POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA FLOUR, LEAVENING (CALCIUM LACTATE (NON-DAIRY), CALCIUM CARBONATE, CREAM OF TARTAR), CELLULOSE GUM, MODIFIED CELLULOSE), ORGANIC POWDERED SUGAR, ORGANIC PALM OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR, BAKING POWDER (MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, POTATO STARCH, POTASSIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, BAKING SODA, VANILLA BEAN PASTE (SUGAR, WATER, PURE VANILLA EXTRACT, VANILLA BEANS), GUAR GUM, COFFEE, PGPR.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Mini-Cupcakes, Lil' Mo scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
- Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor, Coffee): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in 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 Mini-Cupcakes, Lil' Mo'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: Chocolate (Sugar, Natural Chocolate Liquor (Non-Alcoholic), Non-Dairy Cocoa Butter), Organic Light Brown Sugar, Sugar, Organic Powdered Sugar, and 1 more.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Canola Oil, Organic Palm Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Egg Replacer (Potato Starch, Tapioca Flour, Leavening (Calcium Lactate (Non-Dairy), Calcium Carbonate, Cream Of Tartar), Cellulose Gum, Modified Cellulose).
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Baking Powder (Monocalcium Phosphate, Potato Starch, Potassium Bicarbonate), Baking Soda.
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
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