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Is Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Vanilla Frosting ultra-processed?

16 oz Food decorations Sold in the United States

Pack of Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Vanilla Frosting

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 12 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed food decorations

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, palm oil, water, corn syrup, corn starch, canola oil, contains 2% and less of (salt), mono- and diglycerides, artificial flavor, artificial color (including yellow 5, red 40), polysorbate 60, modified corn starch, potassium sorbate (preservative), soy lecithin, xanthan gum, citric acid, antioxidants (ascorbyl palmitate, mixed tocopherols, chamomile, rosemary extracts)

Additives: E129 Allura red , E202 Potassium sorbate , E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E304i Ascorbyl palmitate , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E415 Xanthan gum , E435 Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

sugar, palm oil, water, corn syrup, corn starch, canola oil, contains 2% or less of: salt, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, artificial color including yellow 5 and red 40, polysorbate 60, modified corn starch, potassium sorbate (preservative), soy lecithin, xanthan gum, citric acid, antioxidants (ascorbyl palmitate, mixed tocopherols, chamomile and rosemary extracts)

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.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.
5 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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 9 food decorations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 78% of the food decorations 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 9 food decorations, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013300760802, last edited 14 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.