Christmas Tree Brownies

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 19 ingredients to avoid

Little Debbie Christmas Tree Brownies scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 2g protein and 18g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Little Debbie Christmas Tree Brownies lists 48 ingredients, starting with Enriched Bleached Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron and Thiamin Mononitrate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

210 kcal per serving, or 467 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Little Debbie Christmas Tree Brownies on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Little Debbie Christmas Tree Brownies scores worse than most pastries & muffins we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pastries & muffins is Pearl Milling Company Organic Pancakes at 100/100.