Smashed Potato Salad

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Chemical Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Cultured Sour Cream (Nonfat Milk, Cream, Grade A Whey, Corn Starch-Modified, Sodium Phosphate, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Cultures, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative))): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Pickles & Relishes, this product is more processed than about 84% of the 10,255 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 Smashed Potato Salad'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: Mayonnaise (Soybean Oil, Water, Corn Syrup, Egg Yolk, Distilled Vinegar, Contains Less Than 2% Spice, Salt, Calcium Disodium Edta (To Preserve Freshness)), Cheese Blend (Four Cheese Blend (Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Enzymes, Salt), Whey, Soybean Oil, Reduced Lactose Whey, Maltodextrin, Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Romano Cheese (Cultured Part Skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Milk, Cream, Citric Acid, Artificial Color (Including Fd&C Yellow 5 And Yellow 6), Bleu Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Cultures), Parmesan Cheese (Partially Skimmed Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes)), Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Whey, Imitation Bacon Bits (Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Flour, Caramel Color, Red 3), Soybean Oil, Salt, Natural Flavoring, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein), Sugar, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dehydrated Onion, Natural & Artificial Flavors Including Smoke, Torula Yeast, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (Soy, Wheat & Corn Gluten), Sour Cream (Cultured Cream, Nonfat Milk), Chives, Spices, Citric Acid, Disodium Inosinate & Guanylate).

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Bacon (Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite. May Also Contain Dextrose, Flavoring, Honey, Dehydrated Pork Broth, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Lactate, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Phosphate).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.