Sweet Potato Casserole

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Artificial Flavors (Imitation Vanilla Flavor): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Artificial Colors (Yellow 5 & 6): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.

Within Prepared Entrees, this product is more processed than about 53% of the 6,999 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 Sweet Potato Casserole'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, Water, Propylene Glycol, Alcohol, Sugar, Vanillan And Other Artificial Flavors, Vanilla Bean Extractives And Other Natural Flavors, Caramel Color.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Bread Crumbs Enriched Flour, Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid , Corn Syrup, Nonfat Milk, Water, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Yeast.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Margarine (Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Artificial Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate, Calcium Disodium Edta).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.