Tulip Street Bakery, Custard Filled Mini Eclairs

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Tulip Street Bakery, Custard Filled Mini Eclairs scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali). Cocoa Powder, Chocolate Liquor): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cellulose Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Vanilla, Vanilla Extract): 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 Tulip Street Bakery, Custard Filled Mini Eclairs' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Creme Patiessie [Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Cream, Milk Fat, Modified Potato Starch, Dextrose, Egg Yolk, Sodium, Alginate, Carrageenan, Locust Bean Gum, Sodium Citrate, Mono-And Digycerides (An Emulsifier), Vanilla, Beta Carotene Color].

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononirtate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid].

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Coconut Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.