Premium Cupcake Mix, Chocolate

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Premium Cupcake Mix, Chocolate scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Modified Starches (Modified Corn Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Milk Chocolate Flavored Filling (Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk [Skim Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup], Sugar, Water, Dextrose, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Butter [Cream, Salt], Modified Potato Starch, Artificial Flavor, Cocoa, Cellulose Gel, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Salt, Color Added, Datem, Natural Flavor, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Xanthan Gum, Baking Soda), Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, +1 more): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Processed With Alkali): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Other Additives (Propylene Glycol Mono And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Distilled Monoglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Baking Mixes, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,176 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 Premium Cupcake Mix, Chocolate'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, Dextrose.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Calcium Acetate, Dicalcium Phosphate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.