Sugar Cookies Spring
The processing score reflects 64 ingredients, including artificial colors, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavoring, plus 4 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
23 listed · 8 flagged for reviewENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, MARGARINE (PALM, CANOLA AND MODIFIED PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, WHEY POWDER, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, MONOGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3), ICING SUGAR, SHORTENING (PALM, SOYBEAN AND MODIFIED PALM OIL), CORN STARCH, EGG, WATER, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL, COCONUT AND PALM OIL, REDUCED MINERAL WHEY POWDER, SPRINKLES [SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN STARCH, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, COLOR (FD&C YELLOW 6, FD&C YELLOW 5, FD&C BLUE 1, FD&C RED 3, FD&C RED 40), GUM ARABIC, POLYSORBATE 60], SOYBEAN LECITHIN, PARTLY SKIMMED MILK, SALT, GLUCOSE, RED 3, FD&C BLUE 1, FD&C YELLOW 5 LAKE, GUAR GUM, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, SODIUM BICARBONATE, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM SULFATE), LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, XANTHAN GUM.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Sugar Cookies Spring scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Modified Fats (Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
- Corn-Based Sweeteners (Glucose): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
- Artificial Colors (Red 3, Fd&C Blue 1, Fd&C Yellow 5 Lake): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
- Modified Starches (Modified Potato Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Sprinkles [Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Starch, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Artificial Flavor, Soybean Lecithin, Color (Fd&C Yellow 6, Fd&C Yellow 5, Fd&C Blue 1, Fd&C Red 3, Fd&C Red 40), Gum Arabic, Polysorbate 60], Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 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 Sugar Cookies Spring'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.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Sugar, Icing Sugar.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Margarine (Palm, Canola And Modified Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Whey Powder, Soybean Lecithin, Monoglycerides, Natural Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3), Shortening (Palm, Soybean And Modified Palm Oil), Coconut And Palm Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate).
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
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