Mini Pie Bites

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Mini Pie Bites scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Whip Cream Topping (Water, Vegetable Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil))): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Other Additives (Coating (Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Soy Lecithin)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Heavy Cream Cream And Less Than 0.2% Of: Mono And Diglycerides, Carrageenan, Polysorbate 80, Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum [Added As Emulsifiers And Stabilizers] , Salt, Coconut Flavor, Natural Butter Flavor, Natural Vanilla Extract): 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 Mini Pie Bites' 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: Pastry Cream Powder (Sugar, Non Fat Milk Powder, Modified Potato Starch, Dextrose, Whey Powder, Sodium Alginate, Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate, Calcium Lactate, Natural Flavors, Natural Food Colors), Sweetened Shredded Coconut (Coconut, Sugar, Water, Propylene Glycol), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Shortening (Palm Oil With Citric Acid Added As A Preservative).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.