White Cupcake Cake
The processing score reflects 55 ingredients, including artificial colors, artificial flavoring, modified ingredients, plus 2 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sugar, saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
26 listed · 7 flagged for reviewICING SUGAR, SHORTENING (CANOLA, PALM, MODIFIED PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL), SUGAR, WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), EGG, SOYBEAN AND CANOLA OIL, GLUCOSE, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEY POWDER, SKIM MILK POWDER, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM SULFATE), WHEAT GLUTEN, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, YELLOW 5 LAKE, FD&CYELLOW 6 LAKE, FD&C BLUE 1, FD&C BLUE 2 LAKE, FD&C RED 3, FD&C RED 40, CARAMEL, SALT, CORN STARCH, MODIFIED PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT), COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, DIACETYL TARTARIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUM ARABIC, POLYSORBATE 60.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, White Cupcake Cake scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Corn-Based Sweeteners (Glucose): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
- Modified Starches (Modified Corn Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
- Artificial Colors (Yellow 5 Lake, Fd&Cyellow 6 Lake, Fd&C Blue 1, Fd&C Blue 2 Lake, Fd&C Red 3, Fd&C Red 40, Caramel): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
- Emulsifiers (Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
- Processed Fruit Products (Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali)): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
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 White Cupcake 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.
- Other AdditivesUPF marker
In this product: Confectioner'S Glaze.
Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
- Stabilizers & GumsUPF marker
In this product: Gum Arabic.
Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Icing Sugar, Sugar, Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soybean Lecithin, Vanilla Extract).
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Shortening (Canola, Palm, Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oil), Soybean And Canola Oil, Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate).
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
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