Seafood Salad with Shrimp

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Seafood Salad with Shrimp scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate (Added To Protect Freshness)): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Prepared Salads, this product is more processed than about 43% of the 1,234 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 Seafood Salad with Shrimp'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: Imitation Crab Meat (Water, Fish Protein [Alaskan Pollock, Pacific Whiting, Threadfin Bream], Potato Starch, Sorbitol, Wheat Starch, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Salt, Sweetened Rice Wine, Soybean Oil, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Egg White, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate, Color Added [Carmine, Paprika Oleoresin, Canthaxanthin, Titanium Dioxide]), Mayonnaise Style Dressing (Soybean Oil, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled And Cider Vinegar, Modified Corn Starch, Eggs, Egg Yolks, Salt, Corn Syrup, Spice, Paprika, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Calcium Disodium Edta [Added To Protect Flavor]).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.