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Is Aidells Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage ultra-processed?

12 oz Chicken sausages Sold in the United States

Pack of Aidells Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage

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:

  • 9 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed chicken and its 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

chicken, dried apples, apple juice, chicken broth, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF BROWN SUGAR, celery powder, salt, sea salt, spices stuffed in a natural pork casing

As written on the pack

CHICKEN, DRIED APPLES, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, CHICKEN BROTH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BROWN SUGAR, CULTURED CELERY POWDER, SALT, SEA SALT, SPICES STUFFED IN A NATURAL PORK CASING

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.

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 30 chicken sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 70% of the chicken 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 30 chicken sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0764014208059, last edited 16 September 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.