The Original Caramel Apple!

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, The Original Caramel Apple! 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.
• Artificial Flavors (Natural And Artificial Flavorings): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.

Within Fresh Produce, this product is more processed than about 90% of the 6,649 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 The Original Caramel Apple!'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: Sprinkles (Icing Sugar, Sugar, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Corn Starch, Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Glucose, Soy Lecithin, Sunflower Lecithin, Dextrin, Fd&C Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Gum Arabic, Confectioner'S Glaze, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Carnauba Wax), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil With Soy Lecithin, Palm Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Mono And Diglycerides With Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.