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Is Jewel Osco Beer Battered Alaska Cod ultra-processed?

40 oz Breaded cod fish Sold in the United States

Pack of Jewel Osco Beer Battered Alaska Cod

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breaded cod fish

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

alaska cod, modified corn starch, vegetable oil (soybean, canola), water, flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (beer, water), malted barley, yeast, hops, yellow corn meal, corn starch, salt, dextrin, rice flour, modified potato starch, tapioca dextrin, yeast, potassium chloride, spices (including black pepper), baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate, malt extract, dextrose, palm oil, NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, wheat fiber, autolyzed yeast extract, xanthan gum, guar gum (alaska cod), wheat

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

ALASKA COD, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), WATER, BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: BEER (WATER, MALTED BARLEY, YEAST, HOPS), YELLOW CORN MEAL, CORN STARCH, SALT, DEXTRIN, RICE FLOUR, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, DRIED YEAST, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SPICES (INCLUDING BLACK PEPPER), LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), MALT EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, PALM OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, WHEAT FIBER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM. CONTAINS FISH (ALASKA COD), WHEAT.

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 breaded cod fish

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 63% of the breaded cod fish 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 19 breaded cod fish, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0028029194456, last edited 19 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.