Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch (Corn)): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa (Processed With Alkali)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin, Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60, +1 more): Industrial emulsifiers indicate 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 Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake'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.

Processed Dairy IngredientsUPF marker

In this product: Sodium Caseinate (Milk), Soy Protein Concentrate.

Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.

Other AdditivesUPF marker

In this product: Emulsifier (Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid), Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Propylene Glycol.

Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Stabilizers & GumsUPF marker

In this product: Acacia Gum, Guar Gum, Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose, Xanthan Gum.

Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Peanut Butter (Peanuts, Sugar, Hydrogenated Rapeseed Oil, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Peanut Oil, Monoglyceride, Corn Starch), Peanut Butter Chips (Partially Defatted Peanut Flour, Sugar, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Dextrose, Reduced Minerals Whey [Milk], Palm Kernel Oil, Salt, Vanillin [Artificial Flavor], Soy Lecithin), Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Chocolate, Nonfat Milk, Cocoa Butter, Milk Fat, Soy Lecithin, Vanillin [Artificial Flavor]), and 4 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Mono- And Diglycerides, Canola Oil, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids, Polysorbate 60, Soy Lecithin), Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate.

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: Sodium Aluminium Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.