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Is Aidells Cajun Style Andouille ultra-processed?

4 sausages Smoked sausages Sold in the United States

Pack of Aidells Cajun Style Andouille

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meats and their products

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

pork, water, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF THE FOLLOWING (sea salt), garlic, spices (including black pepper, red pepper, and WHITE PEPPER), sugar, paprika, celery powder, dehydrated onion

As written on the pack

PORK, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SEA SALT, GARLIC, SPICES (INCLUDING BLACK PEPPER, RED PEPPER, AND WHITE PEPPER), SUGAR, PAPRIKA, CELERY POWDER, DEHYDRATED ONION.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 smoked sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 78% of the smoked sausages here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 9 smoked sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0764014458058, last edited 6 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.