Vanilla 5"" Layered Cake, Vanilla
The processing score reflects 38 ingredients, including hydrogenated oil, artificial flavoring, modified ingredients, plus 2 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
13 listed · 7 flagged for reviewVANILLA CREME CAKE (SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR BLEACHED (FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, EGGS, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, SALT, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, WHEY.)(EGG, MILK, SOYBEANS, WHEAT), CONFECTIONER'S SUGAR (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, TBHG AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO HELP PRESERVE FRESHNESS.)(SOYBEANS), EGGS SPRINKLES (SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, SOYA LECITHIN, GUM ARABIC, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE), GUM TRAGACANTH, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID SOLUTION, SODA BENZOATE, WATER, ORANGE EMULSION (GUM TRAGACANTH, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID SOLUTION, SODA BENZOATE, WATER), BUTTER FLAVOR (VEGETABLE OILS, MILK DERIVATIVES, VEGETABLE GUMS, EGG DERIVATIVES, AROMATIC CHEMICALS, ALCOHOL, ALDEHYDES AND ESTERS), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (WATER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL USP, BENZODIHYDROPYRONE, INVERT SUGAR).
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Vanilla 5"" Layered Cake, Vanilla scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Stabilizers & Gums (Gum Tragacanth, Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Other Additives (Propylene Glycol): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
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 Vanilla 5"" Layered Cake, Vanilla'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.
- Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vanilla Creme Cake (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached (Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Food Starch-Modified, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Defatted Soy Flour, Eggs, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Vital Wheat Gluten, Whey.)(Egg, Milk, Soybeans, Wheat).
Fortification often compensates for processing losses.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Confectioner'S Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Eggs Sprinkles (Sugar, Cornstarch, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Soya Lecithin, Gum Arabic, Confectioner'S Glaze), Natural And Artificial Flavors (Water, Propylene Glycol Usp, Benzodihydropyrone, Invert Sugar).
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Tbhg And Citric Acid Added To Help Preserve Freshness.)(Soybeans), Citric Acid Solution.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
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