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Is Idahoan Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes ultra-processed?

8 oz Mixed vegetables Sold in the United States

Pack of Idahoan Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed mixed vegetables

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

Idaho potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one and more of the following (coconut), palm, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, canola), corn syrup solids, salt, whey powder, sugar, maltodextrin, nonfat dry milk, sodium caseinate, natural and artificial flavor, mono- and diglycerides, garlic, calcium stearoyl lactylate, hydrolyzed soy protein, parsley, dipotassium phosphate, spice, sodium acid pyrophosphate (preserve freshness), artificial color, sodium bisulfite (preserve freshness), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, citric acid (preserve freshness), mixed tocopherols (preserve freshness), less than 2.0% silicon dioxide added as an anti-caking agent

Additives: E222 Sodium bisulphite , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Idaho potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: coconut, palm, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, canola), corn syrup solids, salt, whey powder, sugar, maltodextrin, nonfat dry milk, sodium caseinate, natural and artificial flavor, mono and diglycerides, dehydrated garlic, calcium stearoyl lactylate, hydrolyzed soy protein, parsley flakes, dipotassium phosphate, spice, sodium acid pyrophosphate (preserve freshness), artificial color, sodium bisulfite (preserve freshness), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, citric acid (preserve freshness), mixed tocopherols (preserve freshness) and less than 2.0% silicon dioxide added as an anti-caking agent.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • 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 56 mixed vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 56th. 20% of the mixed vegetables 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 56 mixed vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0029700131470, last edited 23 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.