Is Amylu Andouille Chicken Sausage ultra-processed?

12 oz. Poultry sausages 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

11 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed meats and their products

Organic Ground Beef Kirkland Signature 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
100% Grass-Fed Beef Patties Kirkland 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
organic tempeh Lightlife 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Mushroom Risotto Veggie Burgers Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods 18 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

water, spices, parsley, red pepper, paprika, extract of rosemary, onions, garlic, salt (processing marker), vinegar, beef collagen casing

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Chicken raised without antibiotics, water, spices, parsley, crushed red pepper, paprika, extract of rosemary, onions, garlic, kosher salt, vinegar, beef collagen 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 47 poultry sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 66% of the poultry 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 47 poultry sausages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0092227753128, last edited 4 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.