Is Applegate Original Turkey Turkey Stick ultra-processed?

1 oz 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

16 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Turkey, water, sea salt (processing marker), encapsulated lactic acid, celery powder (celery powder, sea salt (processing marker)), spices (including rosemary, basil, thyme), dried vegetable powders (carrot, garlic, onion), beef collagen casing

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Turkey, water, sea salt, encapsulated lactic acid, cultured celery powder (celery powder, sea salt), spices (including rosemary, basil, thyme), dried vegetable powders (carrot, garlic, onion), 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0853016002663, last edited 29 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.