Roasted Red Pepper Chicken Kit, Roasted Red Pepper

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum. Saute Sauce: Water, Xanthan Gum. Finishing Sauce: Roasted Red Bell Pepper Puree (Red Bell Pepper, Salt, Distilled Vinegar, Natural Flavor, Xanthan Gum), Acacia Gum, +2 more): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Fresh Produce, this product is more processed than about 90% of the 6,649 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 Roasted Red Pepper Chicken Kit, Roasted Red Pepper'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: Vegetable Oil (Soybean And/Or Canola Oil), Soybean Oil And/Or Canola Oil, Canola Oil, Olive Pomace 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, Sunflower Seed Butter (Sunflower Seeds, Sugar, Mono-Diglycerides, Salt), Ketchup (Tomato Concentrate, Distilled Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Dried Onion, Spice, Natural Flavor [Contains Celery]).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.