Popcorn Snack

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup Solids): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Processed Fruit Products (Chocolate Pwd (Nf)Silicone Dioxide): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.

Within Popcorn & Pretzels, this product is more processed than about 79% of the 4,573 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 Popcorn Snack'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, Semi Sweet Choc (Chocolate, Sugar Coccoa Butter, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Vanilla Extract), Dextrose, Sucrose Art Coloring (Fd&C Red 40, Yellow 5 & 6, Citric Acid, Fd&C Blue 1, Sodium Benzoate).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Butter Blend (Liquid & Part Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Butter (Cream, Salt), Whey Solids, Salt Sodium Benzoate & Potassium Sorbate (As Preservatives), Butter Milk Solids, Citric Acid, Art Flavors, Beta Carotene (Color), Vit A Palmitate), Honey Grahams (Corn Meal, Whole Grain Wheat, Sugar, Molasses, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Fructose, Modified Corn Starch, Brown Sugar Syrup, Honey, Salt, Baking Soda, Calcium Carbonate, Lecithin, Dectrose, Trisodium Phosphate, Nonfat Milk, Vit C, Nat And Art Flavors, Niacin, Zinc, Reduced Iron, Vit A Palmitate, Vitamins B2, D, B1, & B12, Folate, Bht (As Preservative)).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Corn Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt (Sodium Silicoaluminate, Sodium Thiosulfate, Potassium Iodide).

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.