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Is Gilbert's Bourbon Apple Chicken Sausage ultra-processed?

10 oz Sausages Sold in the United States

Pack of Gilbert's Bourbon Apple Chicken Sausage

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sausages

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

chicken, dried apples, brown sugar, with 2% and less of the following (apple juice), water, bourbon whiskey, parsley, sea salt, garlic, onion, natural flavors, spices (including paprika, black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg), sugar, vinegar, cherry, celery juice, in a beef collagen casing

As written on the pack

chicken, dried apples, brown sugar, with 2% or less of the following: apple juice concentrate, water, bourbon whiskey, dried parsley, sea salt, garlic powder, onion powder, natural flavors, spices (including paprika, black pepper, cinnamon and nutmeg), sugar, vinegar, cherry powder, cultured celery juice powder, in a beef collagen casing,

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 337 sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 78th. 80% of the 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 337 sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0859165002325, last edited 3 July 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.