Baked Potato Soup with Bacon

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Baked Potato Soup with 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.

Modified StarchesStrong UPF marker

In this product: Modified Corn Starch.

Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Potato Flakes (Potatoes, Monoglycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Citric Acid, Sodium Bisulfite And Bha [Preservatives]).

Natural sources but industrial application.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Cooked Bacon Pieces (Smoke Flavor Added Fully Cooked [Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Erythorbate (From Sugar), Sodium Nitrite (Preservative), Smoke Flavor, Dextrose, Potassium Chloride]).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Cheddar Cheese Base (Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Salt, Yeast Extract, Corn Oil, Dry Vegetable Shortening [Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Maltodextrin, Modified Corn Starch], Unsalted Butter [Cream, Flavorings], Sweet Cream Powder, Sugar, Dry Mustard, Disodium Inosinate/Disodium Guanylate And Potassium Sorbate), Ham Base (Cooked Ham [Cured With Water, Salt, Dextrose, Modified Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite], Salt, Potato Flour, Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten Protein, Brown Sugar, Smoke Flavoring And Flavorings).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Chicken Base (Cooked Chicken Meat, Salt, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Maltodextrin (From Corn), Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten, Natural Flavoring, Potato Starch, Yeast).

Industrial fermentation for additive production.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.