Mis Kay's Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Mis Kay's Cream Cheese Pound Cake scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Natural Flavors (Vanilla Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cellulose Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this product is more processed than about 38% of the 14,928 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 Mis Kay's Cream Cheese Pound Cake'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: Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Liquid Soybean Oil, Skim Milk, Cultured Skim Milk, Salt, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides And Soy Lecithin [Emulsifiers], Sodium Benzoate [To Preserve Freshness]. Vitamin A Palmitate, Colored With Beta Carotene [Source Of Vitamin A], Artificial Flavor).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.