Hormel, Homestyle Stuffing with Select Vegetable & Fine Herbs

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Hormel, Homestyle Stuffing with Select Vegetable & Fine Herbs scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Cornstarch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.

Within Boxed Dinners & Sides, this product is more processed than about 53% of the 4,145 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 Hormel, Homestyle Stuffing with Select Vegetable & Fine Herbs' 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: Bread Crumbs (Enriched Wheat Flour [Enriched With Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And/Or Cottonseed Oil, Yeast, Salt, Preservatives [Calcium Propionate, Bht], Natural Flavor), Croutons (Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Canola And/Or Sunflower Oil, Yeast, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains 2% Or Less Of Salt, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Propionate [Preservative], Calcium Peroxide, Calcium Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid, Azodicarbonamide, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Citric Acid, Rosemary Extract [To Preserve Freshness]), Chicken Base (Chicken Including Natural Chicken Juices, Salt, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin [From Corn], Dried Whey [Milk], Natural Flavoring, Turmeric), Artificial Flavor (Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein, Natural Flavor [Sugar, Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract], Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed And Soybean Oil, Maltodextrin, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Tricalcium Phosphate, Artificial Flavor), and 2 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Liquid Margarine (Liquid And Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Vegetable Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Citric Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate Added).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.