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Oscar Mayer, Slow Roasted Beef

Processing Score
6.0Highly Processed
Nutrition Score
—/10No Data
Data Updated
Oct 18, 2026
UPC
044700087145
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Nutrition data isn't available for this product.

Imported and store-brand products often ship without a structured nutrition label, so we leave it blank rather than estimate.

Ingredients

11 listed · 2 flagged for review

BEEF, WATER, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SALT, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, DRIED GARLIC, SODIUM ASCORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, CARAMEL COLOR.

Listed in source order (heaviest first). Select any ingredient to see its category bucket and other products that contain it.

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Oscar Mayer, Slow Roasted Beef scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

  • Chemical Preservatives (Sodium Nitrite): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
  • Other Additives (Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Ascorbate): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Deli Meats, this product is more processed than about 46% of the 4,591 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 Oscar Mayer, Slow Roasted Beef'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.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Potassium Lactate, Sodium Lactate.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Caramel Color.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.

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