Aunt Jemima, Griddle Melts, Sausage, Ham & Bacon

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Aunt Jemima, Griddle Melts, Sausage, Ham & Bacon scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Natural Flavors (Smoke Flavoring): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Industrial Enzymes (Cheese Blend (Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Yellow Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, And Annatto [Vegetable Color]))): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.

Within Frozen Breakfast, this product is more processed than about 39% of the 1,791 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 Aunt Jemima, Griddle Melts, Sausage, Ham & Bacon'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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Bread (Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Folic Acid), Water, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of Sugar, Salt, Yeast, Soy Lecithin).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sauce (Water, Seasoning Blend (Modified Food Starch, Maltodextrin, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Whey, Dehydrated Blend Of Cheeses [Granular, Blue (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes)], Lactose. Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Whey Protein Concentrate, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Salt, Sodium Caseinate, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Guar Gum, Fd&C Yellow 5 Lake, Sodium Bicarbonate, Dipotassium Phosphate, Fd&C Yellow 6 Lake, Annatto And Turmeric), Methylcellulose).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Diced Cooked Ham (Cured With: Water, Sodium Lactate, Salt, Dextrose, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Phosphates, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Italian Sausage (Pork, Water, Spices, Salt, Dextrose, Flavorings, Tbhq, Bht, Citric Acid), Bacon (Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.