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Is Cool Whip Whipped Topping ultra-processed?

8 oz Creams Sold in the United States

Pack of Cool Whip Whipped Topping

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed creams

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

water, corn syrup, quot, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut vegetable oil, palm kernel vegetable oil), oils contains less than 2% of the following (sodium caseinate (from milk)), natural and artificial flavor, modified food starch xanthan, guar gums, polysorbate 60, sorbitan monostearate w 20 yphosphate acesulfame potassium, aspartame (sweeteners), beta carote e, ctopl t# dds a trimal amount of sugarphenyletonurics contains phenyl ta00 mft nemiz foods company chicago, il go601 1-000-431-1081

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

water, corn syrup,quot,, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and palm kernel oils contains less than 2% of the following: sodium caseinate (from milk), natural and artificial flavor,modified food starch xanthan and guar gums, polysorbate 60, sorbitan monostearate w 20 yphosphate acesulfame potassium and aspartame (sweeteners),beta carote e (ctopl t# dds a trimal amount of sugarphenyletonurics contains phenyl ta00 mft nemiz foods company chicago, il go601 1-000-431-1081

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 175 creams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 167th. 55% of the creams 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 175 creams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0043000010846, last edited 30 September 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.