Steamable Broccoli with Cheese Sauce

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Steamable Broccoli with Cheese Sauce scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Artificial Colors (Yellow 5): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Frozen Vegetables, this product is more processed than about 96% of the 6,343 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 Steamable Broccoli with Cheese Sauce'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: Cheese Sauce Water, Processed American Cheese [ Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes , Cream, Nonfat Dry Milk, Salt, Sodium Phosphate], Modified Cornstarch, Cheddar Cheese Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes , Whey, Buttermilk, Salt, Disodium Phosphate], Contains Less Than 2%: Monterey Jack Cheese [ (Cultures, Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Disodium Phosphate].

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

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.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Lactic Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.