Rich's, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Whipped Icing

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Rich's, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Whipped Icing scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Alkali Processed): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (The Following: Sodium Caseinate (A Milk Derivative)): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.
• Other Additives (Propylene Glycol Mono And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

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 Rich's, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Whipped Icing'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.

Stabilizers & GumsUPF marker

In this product: Hershey'S Mini Kisses Milk Chocolate Milk Chocolate Sugar, Nonfat Milk, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Lactose From Milk , Artificial Flavor, Salt, Soy Lecithin , Modified Tapioca Starch, Mono And Diglycerides, Hershey'S Cocoa, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Polysorbate 60, Artificial Colors Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1 , Carbohydrate Gum, Modified Cornstarch, Colored With Caramel Color , Wheat Starch, Guar Gum, Soy Protein Isolate, Xanthan Gum, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, To Preserve Freshness Potassium Sorbate , Dipotassium Phosphate, Soy Lecithin, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil.

Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate).

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.