Peppermint Bark Blended Iced Coffee, Peppermint Bark

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Peppermint Bark Blended Iced Coffee, Peppermint Bark scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa (Dutch Processed)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Natural Flavors (Coffee): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Drink Mixes, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 4,985 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 Peppermint Bark Blended Iced Coffee, Peppermint Bark'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, White Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Non Fat Dry Milk, Cream, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Extract), Semisweet Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin), Peppermint Candy (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Peppermint Oil, Red 40, Natural Flavor).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Creamer [Contains Non-Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate (A Milk Derivative), Sugar, Tricalcium Phosphate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt, Artificial Flavor].

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Sea Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.