Bacon & Cheddar Beef Patties, Bacon & Cheddar

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

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

• Industrial Enzymes (Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Cows Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes)Milkfat): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Preservative, Annatto Coloring, Powered Cellulose To Prevent Caking): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Frozen Burgers & Patties, this product is more processed than about 52% of the 1,281 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 Bacon & Cheddar Beef Patties, Bacon & Cheddar'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: Bacon (Beef, Water, Sea Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Nitrite, Natural Smoke Flavor, Sodium Erythorbate).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Phosphate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sorbic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.