Is KIRKLAND Signature Chicken Sausage ultra-processed?

48 oz Chicken sausages Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Cheese

19 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed chicken and its products

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

Chicken, Parmesan Cheese (processing marker) (Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt (processing marker), Enzymes), Parmesan (processing marker), Romano Cheese Blend (Cultured Milk, Salt (processing marker), Enzymes, Natamycin, Cracked Black Pepper), Salt (processing marker), Citrus, Extract of Rosemary, Vinegar, COATED PAPER| PLASTIC SLEEVE WRAP *Not recycled in aã communities ycleinfo ITM, art 17753

Additives: E235 Natamycin , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Chicken, Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Parmesan and Romano Cheese Blend (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Natamycin), : Cracked Black Pepper, Kosher Salt, Dried Citrus Pulp, Extract of Rosemary, Vinegar, Natural Pork Casing CONTAINS: Milk COATED PAPER| PLASTIC SLEEVE WRAP *Not recycled in aã communities ycleinfo ITM / ART 17753

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 30 chicken sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 70% of the chicken 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 30 chicken sausages, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0196633931474, last edited 3 October 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.