Southern Made Biscuits

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Southern Made Biscuits scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Other Additives (Cultured Skim Milk, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Food Starch - Modified, Carrageenan, Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Modified Cellulose): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Sodium Caseinate): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.

Within Bread, this product is more processed than about 48% of the 11,494 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 Southern Made Biscuits' 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 (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil And/Or Cottonseed Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate). May Contain 2% Or Less Of The Following: Sugar.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono- And Diglycerides.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.