Bob Evans, Sausage Egg & Cheese Croissant

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Bob Evans, Sausage Egg & Cheese Croissant scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Natural Flavors (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil, Flavor, Medium Chain Triglycerides): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

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 Bob Evans, Sausage Egg & Cheese Croissant'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: Croissant (Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Water, Margarine [Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Sugar, Soy Lecithin, Mono- & Diglycerides, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Citric Acid [Preservative], Artificial Flavor, Beta-Carotene Color, Vitamin A Palmitate], High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains Less Than 2% Of The Following: Yeast, Salt, Whey [Milk], Butter With Lactic Acid [Pasteurized Cream, Lactic Acid], Calcium Propionate [Preservative], Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Calcium Sulfate, Datem, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Enzymes, Ammonium Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid [Dough Conditioner], Natural & Artificial Flavor, High Oleic Canola Oil, Azodicarbonamide, Potato Starch, Acacia Gum, Capric/Caprylic Triglycerides), Sausage (Pork, Water, Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Salt, Spices, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Caramel Color).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Dicalcium Phosphate Dihydrate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Bicarbonate.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.