Ranch Chicken Casserole

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Ranch Chicken Casserole scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Stabilizers & Gums (Monterey Jack Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes). Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto (Color)If Colored). Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Flavorings): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Boxed Dinners & Sides, this product is more processed than about 53% of the 4,145 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 Ranch Chicken Casserole'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: Soup Blend (Water, Mushrooms, Vegetable Oil, Modified Food Starch (Corn), Whole Milk Solids (Dried Cream, Nonfat Dry Milk, Whey Solids And Soy Lecithin), Salt, Bleached Wheat Flour, Soy Lecithin, Coconut Oil, Maltodextrin, Cornstarch, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate, Natural Flavor, Spices, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Xanthan Gum, Yeast Extract, Chicken Fat With Extracts Of Rosemary, Sodium Caseinate, Turmeric, Mono And Diglycerides, Dipotassium Phosphate And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide (Anti-Caking Agent)), Potassium Chloride.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Tortilla Chips: (Whole Grain Corn, Water, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Cottonseed Oil, Corn Oil, Palm Oil), Salt, Lime).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.