Is Pillsbury Zero Sugar Brownie Mix Chocolate Fudge ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), maltitol (ultra-processing marker), polydextrose, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), cocoa processed with alkali, cocoa, canola oil, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (salt (processing marker)), baking soda, acesulfame potassium (ultra-processing marker) (non nutritive sweetener), sucralose (ultra-processing marker) (non nutritive sweetener), NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (ultra-processing marker), ingredients, ingredients
Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol
As written on the pack
ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALTITOL, POLYDEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI AND COCOA, CANOLA OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, BAKING SODA, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM (NON NUTRITIVE SWEETENER), SUCRALOSE (NON NUTRITIVE SWEETENER), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. CONTAINS WHEAT INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN EGG, MILK AND SOYBEAN INGREDIENTS.
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.
- E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
2 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.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 377 cakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 162nd. 94% of the cakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013300553060, last edited 2 May 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.