Original Hushpuppies
The processing score reflects 37 ingredients, including artificial flavoring, preservatives, enriched flour or grain, plus 1 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sodium.
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Ingredients
14 listed · 6 flagged for reviewONIONS, ENRICHED DEGERMED WHITE CORN MEAL (PREPARED FROM CORNSTARCH, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, WHOLE EGGS (CITRIC ACID), LIQUID MARGARINE (LIQUID SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE AND CITRIC ACID ADDED AS A PRESERVATIVE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE FOR COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), ONION POWDER, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES WITH CITRIC ACID TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR, SPICE, GUAR GUM, DRIED PARSLEY.
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What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Original Hushpuppies' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- Stabilizers & GumsUPF marker
In this product: Guar Gum.
Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Soybean Oil, Liquid Margarine (Liquid Soybean Oil, Water, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate And Citric Acid Added As A Preservative, Artificial Flavor, Beta Carotene For Color, Vitamin A Palmitate Added).
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Sugar. Contains 2% Or Less: Leavening (Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate).
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Mono And Diglycerides With Citric Acid To Help Protect Flavor.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
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