Chicken Spiedini

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Chicken Spiedini scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Industrial Enzymes (Romano Cheese (Milk, Culture, Rennet, Salt)Food Starch): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cellulose, Natural And/Or Artificial Flavor And Guar Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Processed Dairy Ingredients (Casein, Caseinate): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.

Within Poultry, this product is more processed than about 80% of the 2,120 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 Chicken Spiedini'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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Contains Up To A 10% Solution (Lemon Juice From Concentrate (Water Concentrated Lemon Juice)And Less Than 2% Of Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Metabisulfite And Sodium Sulfite (Preservatives), Lemon Oil), Vegetable Oil (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of Salt, Soy Lecithin, Artificial And Natural Butter Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate, Artificial Color, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Autolyzed Yeast Extract), Olive Oil, Canola Oil, and 1 more.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Bread Crumbs (Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, And Folic Acid), Corn Syrup, Sugar, Vegetable Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And/Or Cottonseed Oil)Yeast Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Salt Soy Flour, Whey, Sodium Stearoyl, 2 Lactylate (Dough Conditioner), Calcium Propionate (Preservative)Sesame Seeds).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Phosphate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Lactic Acid, Acetic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.