Large Wheat Snack Includes Hot Sauce
The processing score reflects 20 ingredients, including artificial colors, preservatives, ingredients listed as artificial, plus 1 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high saturated fat and total fat.
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Ingredients
16 listed · 9 flagged for reviewWHEAT SNACK: WHEAT PELLETS (WHEAT FLOUR, CORN STARCH, IODIZED SALT, BAKING SODA AND ARTIFICIAL FOOD GRADE COLOR FD&C YELLOW 6), CANOLA OIL, WITH TBHQ ADDED TO PRESERVE STABILITY AND FRESHNESS. HOT SAUCE: WATER, IODIZED SALT, RED PEPPERS, ACETIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATEAS PRESERVATIVES, ONION POWDER, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, RED 40, CARAMEL COLOR, YELLOW 6 BHT & BHA AS ANTIOXIDANTS.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Large Wheat Snack Includes Hot Sauce scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Chemical Preservatives (With Tbhq Added To Preserve Stability And Freshness. Hot Sauce: Water, Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbateas Preservatives, Yellow 6 Bht & Bha As Antioxidants): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
- Artificial Colors (Red 40): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
Within Chips & Crisps, this product is more processed than about 85% of the 10,682 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 Large Wheat Snack Includes Hot 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.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Canola Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Iodized Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Acetic Acid, Citric Acid.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Calcium Disodium Edta.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
- Natural ColorsProcessing indicator
In this product: Caramel Color.
Natural sources but still indicate processing.
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