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Is Jimmy Dean Biscuit Sausage, Egg & Cheese Sandwiches ultra-processed?

18 oz (1.12 LB) 510 g Sold in the United States

Pack of Jimmy Dean Biscuit Sausage, Egg & Cheese Sandwiches

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:

  • 78 ingredients
  • 21 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Biscuit (flour, wheat flour), malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, palm oil, buttermilk, contains 2% and less (isolated soy product), sugar, baking soda, dextrose, salt, acidic sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, lactic acid, datem, potassium sorbate (preservative), maltodextrin, natural and artificial flavors, colored with (annatto, turmeric), xanthan gum, soy lecithin, soy flour, cooked sausage patty (pork), water, contains 2% and less (potassium lactate), salt, sugar, spices, sodium phosphates, monosodium glutamate, sodium diacetate, caramel color, grilled egg patty (whole eggs), water, soybean oil, nonfat dry milk, modified corn starch, salt, xanthan gum, natural and artificial butter flavor (butter (cream, milk), soybean, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, lipolyzed butter oil, natural and artificial flavors), citric acid, pasteurized process american cheese, water, cheese culture, cream, salt, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium pyrophosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, citric acid, annatto (color added), soy lecithin, enzymes

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E160b Annatto , E200 Sorbic acid , E202 Potassium sorbate , E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E326 Potassium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate , E621 Monosodium glutamate

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

As written on the pack

Biscuit: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, palm oil, buttermilk, contains 2% or less: isolated soy product, sugar, baking soda, dextrose, salt, acidic sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, lactic acid, datem, potassium sorbate (preservative), maltodextrin, natural and artificial flavors, colored with (annatto and turmeric), xanthan gum, soy lecithin, soy flour. cooked sausage patty: pork, water, contains 2% or less: potassium lactate, salt, sugar, spices, sodium phosphates, monosodium glutamate, sodium diacetate, caramel color. grilled egg patty: whole eggs, water, soybean oil, nonfat dry milk, modified corn starch, salt, xanthan gum, natural and artificial butter flavor (butter [cream, milk], partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, soybean oil, lipolyzed butter oil, natural and artificial flavors), citric acid. pasteurized process american cheese: milk, water, cheese culture, cream, salt, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium pyrophosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, citric acid, annatto (color added), soy lecithin, enzymes.

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.
  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • 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.
  • E326 Potassium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
  • 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.
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  • E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Soya bean An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
9 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0077900502095, last edited 6 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.
  • 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.