Flame-Roasted Red Peppers Soft Spreadable Cheese, Flame-Roasted Red Peppers

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Flame-Roasted Red Peppers Soft Spreadable Cheese, Flame-Roasted Red Peppers scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Guar Gum, Carob Bean Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Cheese, this product is more processed than about 78% of the 19,171 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 Flame-Roasted Red Peppers Soft Spreadable Cheese, Flame-Roasted Red Peppers' 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: Peppadew Peppers (Sweet Piquante Fruit, Water, Sugar, Vinegar, Salt).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

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.