Creamy Beef Stroganoff Simmer Sauce
The processing score reflects 20 ingredients, including emulsifiers or gums and natural flavoring. The nutrition score reflects high sodium.
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Ingredients
18 listed · 5 flagged for reviewTOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO CONCENTRATE), ONION, GARLIC, SUNFLOWER OIL, CORN STARCH, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS (MILK), CREAM (MILK)DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACTS, SPICES, MUSHROOMS, CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, CANOLA OIL, SPICE EXTRACT, VEGETABLE COLOR (PAPRIKA).
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Why Does This Score Highly Processed?
In our analysis, Creamy Beef Stroganoff Simmer Sauce scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors (Milk)): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
Within Cooking Sauces, this product is more processed than about 45% of the 9,519 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 Creamy Beef Stroganoff Simmer Sauce'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: Sunflower Oil, Canola Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Sugar.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator
In this product: Yeast Extracts.
Industrial fermentation for additive production.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Citric Acid.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
- Natural ColorsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vegetable Color (Paprika).
Natural sources but still indicate processing.
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