Scalloped Potatoes Flavored with Ham

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Scalloped Potatoes Flavored with Ham scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Emulsifiers (Soy Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Soup & Chili, this product is more processed than about 64% of the 7,596 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 Scalloped Potatoes Flavored with Ham'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: Water Product 35% Of Weight Is Added Ingredients (Cured With: Water, Dextrose, Salt, Less Than 2% Potassium Lactate, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Diacetate, Smoke Flavor, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Sugar, Dehydrated Cheese (Whey, Cheddar Cheese [Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes], Reduced Lactose Whey, Maltodextrin, Canola Oil, Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Blue Cheese [Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes], Nonfat Dry Milk, Citric Acid, And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added As An Anticaking Agent), Natural Bacon Flavor (Maltodextin, Rendered Bacon Fat And Bacon Bits [Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite], Natural Smoke Flavor, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavor), and 1 more.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.