Cheddar & Bacon Sausage

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Stabilizers & Gums (Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese [Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Water, Cream, Sodium Phosphates, Salt, Vegetable Color (Annatto Extract, Paprika Extract), Powdered Cellulose, Potassium Sorbate, Natamycin]): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Smoke Flavor, Flavor}, Natural Flavors, +1 more): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Bacon, Sausage & Hot Dogs, this product is more processed than about 88% of the 6,852 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 Cheddar & Bacon Sausage'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: Less Than 2% Of The Following: Brown Sugar, Bacon Flavor {Tapioca Maltodextrin, Sugar, Maltodextrin.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Cheddar Cheese Flavor [Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Salt, Unsalted Butter (Pasteurized Cream, Natural Flavor), Disodium Phosphate, Natural Flavor, Lactic Acid], Bacon Flavor [Rendered Bacon Fat And Cooked Bacon (Cured With Water, Salt, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Smoke Flavor, Sugar, Dextrose, Brown Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Potassium Chloride, Flavor].

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Yeast Extract.

Industrial fermentation for additive production.