Flake Style Crab Flavored Seafood, Flake Style

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Flake Style Crab Flavored Seafood, Flake Style scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Flavors (Natural And Artificial Flavors (Hydrolyzed Soy Protein. Crab Extract)): Synthetic flavors indicate industrial food production.
• Sugar Alcohols (Sorbitol): Modified sweeteners common in diet UPF products.
• Other Additives (Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate. Carmine): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Seafood, this product is more processed than about 90% of the 7,747 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Flake Style Crab Flavored Seafood, Flake Style's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar. Potato Starch.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: The Following: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.