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Is Baker's Corner Vanilla Instant Pudding & Pie Filling ultra-processed?

3.4 oz Dessert mixes Sold in the United States

Pack of Baker's Corner Vanilla Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 6 additives

Less processed dessert mixes

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

sugar, modified food starch, disodium phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, salt, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, propyl gallate, citric acid, maltodextrin, annatto, potassium hydroxide, artificial flavors

Additives: E310 Propyl gallate , E330 Citric acid , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SALT, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, PROPYL GALLATE, CITRIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, ANNATTO EXTRACT, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 107 dessert mixes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 81st. 87% of the dessert mixes here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 107 dessert mixes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100107616, last edited 22 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.