Specialty Select, Apple Lattice, Salted Caramel

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Specialty Select, Apple Lattice, Salted Caramel scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Caramel (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Liquid Sugar, Skim Milk, Palm Oil. Butter, Salt, Mono-And-Diglycerides. Soy Lecithin). Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Chemical Preservatives (Salt. Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.

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 Specialty Select, Apple Lattice, Salted Caramel'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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Each Of The Following: Ascorbic Acid. Cinnamon. Citric Acid. Dextrose. Food Starch Modified.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.