Nw Bear Creek Caramel

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Nw Bear Creek Caramel scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Emulsifiers (Mono And Diglycerides): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan): 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 Nw Bear Creek Caramel'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, Caramel Revel (Corn Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk [Condensed Skim Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup], Water, Sugar, Cream, Butter, Salt, Sodium Alginate, Xanthan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides, Natural Flavor, Pectin), Caramel Cups (Sugar, Coconut Oil, Whole And Nonfat Milk, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Natural Cocoa, Whey, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Corn Syrup, Heavy Cream, Butter, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Salt), Butter Caramel Flavor (Sugar, Water, Condensed Skim Milk, Brown Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Butter [Cream, Salt], Salt, Caramel Color, Citric Acid, Turmeric [Color]).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Sulfate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.