Chili Flavored Cheese Franks

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Chili Flavored Cheese Franks scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup Solids): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
• Chemical Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Pasteurized Cheese Product (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Water, Cream, Milk Fat, Sodium Phosphate Less Than 2% Of: Whey Protein Concentrate, Enzymes, Whey, Salt, Soda Ash, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Cellulose Gum, Potato Starch And/Or Powdered Cellulose, Natamycin)Salt): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Flavorings): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Other Additives (Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Bacon, Sausage & Hot Dogs, this product is more processed than about 45% 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 Chili Flavored Cheese Franks' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Potassium Lactate, Sodium Phosphate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Dextrose.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.