Raspberry Rose Slice Cake, Raspberry Rose

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Raspberry Rose Slice Cake, Raspberry Rose scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Glucose Sirup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Modified Starches (Modified Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Chemical Preservatives (Preservative Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Gream Cheese Icing Sugar, Cream Cheese [Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Stabilizer [Carob Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum ], Vegetable Short Ening [Palm Oil, Canola Oil, Mono-And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60], Dextrose, Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Cream Cheese Powder [Cream Cheese Solids [Cream, Nonfat Milk, Salt, Sodium Alginate, Lactic Acid , Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate, Natural Flavor], Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Salt, Natural Flavor, Benzoic Acid [Preservative], Polysorbate 60, Propyl Gallate [Antioxidant], Beta Carotene [Color], Thickener: Pectin): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

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 Raspberry Rose Slice Cake, Raspberry Rose'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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: White Cake Mix (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached (Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate. Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Palm Oil, Egg Whites, Egg Yolks, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Cellulose Gum, Eggs, Food Starch-Modified, Guar Gum, Leavening (Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Nonfat Milk, Polysorbate 60, Preservative (Calcium Acetate), Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fatiy Acids, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lact Ylate, Sorbitan Monostearate, Soy Lecithin, Soybean Oil, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Xanthan Gum), Raspberry Filling Sugar, Raspberry Puree, Water, Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch Corn , Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Gellan Gum, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate Preservative , Calcium Lactate, Red 40, Blue 1 . Chocolate Cake Mix Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid , Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Palm Oil, Egg Whites, Soybean Oil, Egg Yolks, Leavening Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate , Contains 2% Or Less Of Caramel Color Cellulose Gum, Defatted Soy Flour, Dextrose, Food.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Buttercream Base (Sugar, Vegetable Shortening [Palm Oil, Canola Oil, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60], Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Natural And Artificial Flavors, Salt, Corn Starch, Artificial Color, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Ph Control Agents: Citric Acid And Sodium Citrate, Stabilizer: Calcium Chloride.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Colors: Carmine And Beta-Carotene.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.