Ham & Cheese Filled Sandwiches

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Ham & Cheese Filled Sandwiches scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Hydrogenated Soybean Oil): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.

Within Frozen Appetizers, this product is more processed than about 39% of the 4,714 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 Ham & Cheese Filled Sandwiches' 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: Natural Smoke Flavor Added (Cured With Water, Dextrose, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Smoke Flavor, Sodium Erythorbate, Natural Flavoring, Sodium Nitrite), Seasoned Bread Crumbs (Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Dehydrated Garlic, Tomato Powder, Salt, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Maltodextrin, Dehydrated Parsley, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Citric Acid, Yeast, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Calcium Propionate [Preservative]), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Palm Oil (With Lecithin, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Beta-Carotene Color), Of: Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil And Soybean Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Yeast.

Industrial fermentation for additive production.