Is Butterball Turkey Sausage ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 12 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
turkey, water, corn syrup, CONTAIN 2% and LESS SALT, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), autolyzed yeast dextrose, modified food starch (ultra-processing marker), sodium diacetate, sodium nitrite sodium phosphate flavorings, potassium, sodium lactate
Additives: E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate
As written on the pack
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED TURKEY, WATER, CORN SYRUP, CONTAIN 2% OR LESS SALT, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), AUTOLYZED YEAST DEXTROSE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM NITRITE SODIUM PHOSPHATE FLAVORINGS, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM LACTATE GLUTEN FREE.
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.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0022655306054, last edited 29 September 2025), 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.