Lean Cuisine, Tortilla Crusted Fish

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Lean Cuisine, Tortilla Crusted Fish 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.
• Other Additives (Tomatillos (Tomatillos, Citric Acid)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Frozen Dinners, this product is more processed than about 37% of the 5,358 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 Lean Cuisine, Tortilla Crusted Fish'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.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Tortilla Crusted Alaska Pollock (Alaska Pollock, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Water, Modified Cornstarch, Tortilla Chips [Yellow Whole Corn, Vegetable Oil {Corn, Soybean, And/Or Sunflower Oil}], Enriched Wheat Flour [Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Yellow Corn Flour, Potassium Chloride, White Corn Flour, Salt, Spices, Dextrose, Egg White, Tomato Powder, Natural Falvor, Whey, Maltodextrin, Yeast, Onion Powder, Leavening [Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate], Soy Flour, Garlic Powder, Torula Yeast, Citric Acid, Corn Oil, Annatto. Prefried In Cottonseed, Canola And/Or Soybean Oil), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Potassium Chloride.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Lactic Acid Blend (Lactic Acid, Calcium Lactate).

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.