Oven Baked Southern Pecan Pie

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Oven Baked Southern Pecan Pie 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.
• Stabilizers & Gums (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 Oven Baked Southern Pecan Pie'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: Vegetable Oil (Palm And Soybean Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine [Vegetable Oil (Palm And Soybean Oil), Water, Salt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Annatto (Color), Calcium Disodium Edta (Preservative), Artificial Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate]. Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Salt.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.