Ultimate Cookie Oatmeal

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Other Additives (Distilled Monoglycerides): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

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 Ultimate Cookie Oatmeal'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, Dextrose, Sugarcane Molasses, Natural And Artificial Butter Vanilla Flavor (Dextrose, Unsalted Butter [Cream From Milk], Buttermilk [From Milk], Whey [From Milk], Lipolyzed Anhydrous Milkfat, Ethyl Alcohol, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Silicone Dioxide [Anti-Caking Agent], Nonfat Milk, Sodium Phosphates).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Shortening (High Oleic Canola Oil And Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.