Chocolate Bourbon Walnut Pie, Chocolate Bourbon Walnut

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chocolate Bourbon Walnut Pie, Chocolate Bourbon Walnut 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 Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Bourbon Flavor (Ethanol, Natural Flavoring Ingredients)): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Cakes & Pastries, this product is more processed than about 16% of the 11,919 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 Chocolate Bourbon Walnut Pie, Chocolate Bourbon Walnut'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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Interesterified Soybean Oil), Margarine (Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Monoand Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate [Preservatives], Artificial Flavor, Beta-Carotene [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Semisweet Chocolate Chips (Unsweetened Chocolate, Sugar, Soy Lecithin, Vanillin), Light Brown Sugar, Vanilla Extract (Vanilla Bean, Water, Alcohol, Sugar), Dextrose, and 2 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Baking Soda.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.