Flake Style Surimi Crab Meat

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Flake Style Surimi Crab Meat scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Tapioca Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Sugar Alcohols (Sorbitol): Modified sweeteners common in diet UPF products.

Within Seafood, this product is more processed than about 90% of the 7,747 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 Flake Style Surimi Crab Meat'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: Surimi [Fish Meat (Cutlassfish And Threadfin Bream), Sugar, Egg White Powder, Sodium Tri Polyphosphate, Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate], Sugar, Rice Wine (Rice Wine, Sugar Syrup, Water, Ethanol, Salt, Disodium Succinate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate), Crab Extract (Crab Extract, Dextrin, Salt, Glycine, Sugar, Monosodium Glutamate, Dl-Alanine, Disodium 5 Inosinate, Disodium Succinate, Crab Flavor, Xanthan Gum).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Natural ColorsProcessing indicator

In this product: Titanium Dioxide.

Natural sources but still indicate processing.