Sugar Free Cookie Assortment

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Sugar Free Cookie Assortment scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Sugar Alcohols (Maltitol, Isomalt, Sugar Free Chocolate Chips [Maltitol, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Salt And Vanilla]): Modified sweeteners common in diet UPF products.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Sugar Free Raspberry Filling [Raspberries, Water, Sorbitol, Modified Food Starch, Locust Bean Gum, Citric Acid And Potassium Sorbate (To Preserve Freshness)], Sugar Free Apricot Filling [Apricots, Water, Sorbitol, Modified Food Starch, Carrageenan, Locust Bean Gum, Citric Acid And Potassium Sorbate (To Preserve Freshness)]): 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 Free Cookie Assortment'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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin And Folic Acid], Margarine [Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, Water, Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate, Artificial Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate And Beta Carotene (Color)].

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening [Palm Oil And Soybean Oil].

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.