The Original Lemon Loaf Cake

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, The Original Lemon Loaf Cake scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate Preservative, Sodium Benzoate Preservative): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin, Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

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 The Original Lemon Loaf Cake'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: Cake Mix (Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Soybean Oil, Corn Starch-Modified, Whey, Propylene Glycol Monoesters Of Fatty Acids, Mono And Diglycerides, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate], Vital Wheat Gluten, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Egg, Soy Flour), Lemon Filling (Water, Sugar, Dextrose, Food Starch-Modified, Palm Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Sodium Citrate, Lemon Puree, Citric Acid, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Sorbic Acid, Agar Agar, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Yellow 6), Sugar, Artificial Color (Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glycerine, Yellow 5, Sugar, Food Starch-Modified, Yellow 6, Carrageenan, Potassium Sorbate Preservative, Sodium Benzoate Preservative, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Palm And Canola Oil), Palm And Palm Kernel Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Natural Flavor (Water, Propylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Polysorbate 80, Sodium Benzoate).

Natural sources but industrial application.