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Is Gilbert's Craft Sausages CAPRESE Chicken Sausage ultra-processed?

4 links (10 oz) Poultry sausages Sold in the United States

Pack of Gilbert's Craft Sausages CAPRESE Chicken Sausage

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed meats and their products

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, Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Sun Dried Tomatoes, Basil, and 2% and less of the following (Extra Virgin Olive Oil), Parsley, Sea Salt, Red Pepper, Black Pepper, Anise, Fennel Seed, Sugar, Vinegar, Rosemary, Cherry, Celery Powder (Celery Powder, Sea Salt), in a Beef Collagen Casing

As written on the pack

Chicken, Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Sun Dried Tomatoes, Basil, and 2% or less of the following: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Dried Parsley, Sea Salt, Crushed Red Pepper, Black Pepper, Anise, Fennel Seed, Sugar, Vinegar, Rosemary Extractive, Cherry Powder, Cultured Celery Powder (Celery Powder, Sea Salt), in a Beef Collagen Casing

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 9th. 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 0859165002264, last edited 21 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.