Root Beer Float Ice Cream Bars

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Root Beer Float Ice Cream Bars 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.
• Chemical Preservatives (Root Beer Concentrate (Caramel Color, Water, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Gum Acacia, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative])): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Artificial Flavors (Vanilla Extract And Vanillin (An Artificial Flavor)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Emulsifiers (Mono- And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 80): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan. Ice Cream Ingredients: Milk, +1 more): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts, this product is more processed than about 38% of the 14,928 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 Root Beer Float Ice Cream Bars' 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.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Annatto.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.