Medium Flavorful Southwest Style Salsa, Medium
The processing score reflects 27 ingredients, including natural flavoring. No nutrient exceeds our high thresholds.
Nutrition Highlights
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* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Ingredients
16 listed · 4 flagged for reviewTOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), DICED TOMATOES IN JUICE (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), JALAPENO PEPPERS, GREEN CHILIES (GREEN CHILIES, CITRIC ACID), RED BELL PEPPERS, GREEN BELL PEPPERS, CORN, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, BLACK BEANS (BLACK BEANS, SUGAR, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SUGAR, SALT, VINEGAR, GARLIC, CILANTRO, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVOR.
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Why Does This Score Highly Processed?
In our analysis, Medium Flavorful Southwest Style Salsa, Medium scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Other Additives (Green Chilies (Green Chilies, Citric Acid)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
- Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
Within Dips & Salsa, this product is more processed than about 47% of the 6,665 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 Medium Flavorful Southwest Style Salsa, Medium'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: Black Beans (Black Beans, Sugar, Calcium Chloride), Sugar.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
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About our scores and this content
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