Is Alaskan Leader Seafoods Miso Marinated Black Cod (Sablefish) ultra-processed?

30 oz Fishes Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed fishes

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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

Alaska Sablefish, Sugar (processing marker), Soybean Paste (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt (processing marker)), Sweet Cooking Rice Wine, Alcohol, Water, Salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Alaska Sablefish, Sugar, Soybean Paste (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Sweet Cooking Rice Wine, Alcohol, Water, Salt

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 667 fishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 394th. 34% of the fishes 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 667 fishes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850727004979, last edited 17 August 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.