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Is Heinz HomeStyle Turkey Gravy ultra-processed?

1 jar 12 ounces Dehydrated sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Heinz HomeStyle Turkey Gravy

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 6 additives

Less processed dehydrated sauces

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

broth, modified corn starch, chicken fat, contains 2% and less of bleached wheat flour, salt, onion, cooked white meat turkey, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, autolyzed yeast extract, spices, nonfat dry milk, natural flavor, caramel color, meat, soy lecithin, turkey fat, torula yeast, pectin, lipolyzed butter oil, black pepper, paprika

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E440 Pectins , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

turkey broth, modified corn starch, chicken fat, contains 2% or less of bleached wheat flour, salt, onion powder, cooked white meat turkey, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, autolyzed yeast extract, spices, nonfat dry milk, natural flavor, caramel color, turkey meat powder, soy lecithin, turkey fat, torula yeast, pectin, lipolyzed butter oil, black pepper, extractives of paprika,

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • 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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 50 dehydrated sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 96% of the dehydrated sauces 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 50 dehydrated sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013000799102, last edited 24 May 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.