Three Saints Baking Co, Deluxe Cookie Assortment

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Three Saints Baking Co, Deluxe Cookie Assortment scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Colors (Natural & Artificial Color): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Artificial Flavors (Natural & Artificial Flavor (Milk, Almond, Pecan)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa (Alkali)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Natural Flavors (Vanilla): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate 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 Three Saints Baking Co, Deluxe 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.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Confectionary Coating (Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils [Palm Kernel, Coconut, Palm], Cocoa [Alkali], Whey Powder [Milk], Soy Lecithin, Vanilla), Powdered Sugar (Dextrose, Cornstarch, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils [Cottonseed And Soy], Titanium Dioxide [Color], Rice Flour, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Artificial Flavor), Cherries (Cherries, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavoring, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Fd&C Red 40, Sulfur Dioxide [Preservative]), and 3 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soy And Cottonseed Oils, Soy Lecithin [Emulsifier], Tbhq And Citric Acid In Propylene Glycol [Preservatives]).

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.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Caramel Color.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.