Oreos, Chocolate Covered

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Oreos, Chocolate Covered scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Processed Fruit Products (Chocolate Liquor): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Natural Flavors (Caramel Flavor, Vanilla Extract): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 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 Oreos, Chocolate Covered'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: Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Milk, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate Liquor, Soy Lecithin- An Emulsifier, And Vanilla), Sugar, Dark Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor Processed With Alkali, Cocoa Butter, Milk Fat, Soy Lecithin-An Emulsifier, Natural Flavors), Heavy Cream (Cream, Carrageenan, Mono And Diglycerides, Cellulose Gum, Polysorbate 80. Standardized With Dextrose. Contains Milk.).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Sea Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Anti-Caking AgentsProcessing indicator

In this product: Hard Candy Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Calcium Stearate, Artificial Flavors, Resinous Glaze, Tapioca Dextrin, Carnauba Wax, Colors Include Red 40,Lake Red 40 . Invertase Enzyme Solution, Glycerol.

Common in powdered processed foods.