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Is Johnsonville Turkey Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage ultra-processed?

Turkey sausages Sold in the United States

Pack of Johnsonville Turkey Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed turkey sausages

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

Turkey, water, less than 2% of the following (potassium lactate), salt, corn syrup, dextrose, sugar, spices, sodium phosphate, natural flavoring, sodium diacetate, bha, citric acid, propyl gallate

Additives: E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E310 Propyl gallate , E320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) , E326 Potassium lactate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Turkey, water and less than 2% of the following: potassium lactate, salt, corn syrup, dextrose, sugar, spices, sodium phosphate, natural flavoring, sodium diacetate, bha, citric acid, propyl gallate.

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.

  • 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.
4 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.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 turkey sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 69% of the turkey sausages 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 13 turkey sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0077782030594, last edited 17 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.