Is H-E-B Beef Uncured Hot Dogs ultra-processed?

12 oz Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

11 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

beef, water, CONTAINS 2% and LESS, sea salt (processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), vinegar, flavorings (ultra-processing marker), celery juice, lactic acid, starter culture (processing marker) (not from dairy)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

BEEF, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS, SEA SALT, CANE SUGAR, DRIED VINEGAR POWDER, FLAVORINGS, CELERY JUICE POWDER, LACTIC ACID, STARTER CULTURE (NOT FROM DAIRY)

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.

3 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.
Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041220089017, last edited 31 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.