Summer Fresh Pasta

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Summer Fresh Pasta scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Other Additives (Stabilizer (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Alginate)): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

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 Summer Fresh Pasta'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.

Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator

In this product: Pasta (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Dried Spinach, Dried Tomato, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid).

Natural sources but industrial application.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Mayonnaise (Soybean Oil, Water, Egg Yolk, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Vinegar, Salt, Mustard, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Calcium Disodium Edta [To Protect Flavor], Lemon Juice), Sugar, Preservative (Maltodextrin, Cultured Dextrose, Sodium Diacetate, Salt, Egg White Lysozyme And Nisin Preparation).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.