Etouffee Sauce

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Emulsifiers (Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Cooking Sauces, this product is more processed than about 83% 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 Etouffee 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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Roux [Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Soybean Oil], Butter Flavored Oil [Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavor, Natural Butter Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate And Beta Carotene (Colors)].

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Anti-Caking AgentsProcessing indicator

In this product: Chicken Base [Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Corn Starch, Hydrolyzed Soy, Corn And Wheat Protein With Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Cottonseed And/Or Soybean Oils), Chicken Fat, Natural Flavors, Sugar, Silicon Dioxide (To Prevent Caking), Artificial Flavors, Dried Onion, Turmeric, Spices, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate].

Common in powdered processed foods.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid, Malic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Tricalcium Phosphate (Flow Agent).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.