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Is Bumble Bee Foods Llc Chopped clams in clam juice ultra-processed?

6.5oz Seafood Sold in the United States

Pack of Bumble Bee Foods Llc Chopped clams in clam juice

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 8 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed seafood

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

Clams in their natural juices, water, salt, sugar, sodium tripolyphosphate (to retain natural juices), calcium disodium edta (to protect color)

Additives: E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E452 Polyphosphates , E452vi Sodium tripolyphosphate

As written on the pack

Clams in their natural juices, water, salt, sugar, sodium tripolyphosphate (to retain natural juices), calcium disodium edta (to protect color)

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
2 ingredients that would only make it processed

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 868 seafood

From least to most processed, this one ranks 619th. 39% of the seafood 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 868 seafood, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0798525161008, last edited 20 July 2023), 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.