Classic Egg Salad

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Pickle Relish [Cured Cucumbers, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Vinegar, Salt, Celery Seed, Calcium Chloride, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate As A Preservative, Sweet Flavoring, Oleoresin Turmeric, Alum, Polysorbate 80]): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Pickles & Relishes, this product is more processed than about 84% of the 10,255 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 Classic Egg Salad'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.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Bread Crumbs [Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Barley Malt), Salt, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Ammonium Chloride, Calcium Propionate].

Industrial fermentation for additive production.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.