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Is Kroger Santa fe style with chicken salad kit for one ultra-processed?

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Pack of Kroger Santa fe style with chicken salad kit for one

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:

  • 162 ingredients
  • 17 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Romaine lettuce, creamy poblano dressing (canola oil, cultured buttermilk, tomatoes, poblano chilies, water, egg yolk, distilled vinegar, maltodextrin, salt, modified corn starch, sugar, garlic, jalapeno peppers, cultured dextrose, spices, red pepper, worcestershire sauce (water, high fructose corn syrup, molasses, salt, vinegar, caramel color, hydrolyzed soy protein, wheat flour, natural flavor, guar gum), xanthan gum, guar gum, natural flavor, mustard, chive), corn, southwest style chicken breast with rib meat (chicken breast with rib meat, water, contains 2% and less of the following (sodium lactate (preservative)), potassium lactate, salt, brown sugar, sodium phosphate (preservative), chipotle pepper, garlic, autolyzed yeast extract, chili pepper, sugar, onion, spices (including cumin), sodium citrate (preservative), hydrolyzed soy protein, citric acid, sodium diacetate (preservative), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, corn syrup solids, spice, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, lime, mesquite smoke flavor), four cheese blend (monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)), queso quesadilla cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), asadero cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)), potato starch, powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)), tortilla strips (stone ground white corn, sunflower oil, corn oil, nacho seasoning (whey powder, salt, granular cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese powder, milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), tomato, soybean oil, romano cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cultured whey, whey protein, lactose, maltodextrin, blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cultured nonfat milk powder, onion, buttermilk, lactic acid, citric acid, sodium phosphate, paprika, garlic, spices, sodium citrate, annatto, chili lime seasoning (whey powder, lime juice, sour cream (sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, salt, cultures), maltodextrin, disodium phosphate, silicon dioxide)), salt, spices, paprika, citric acid, paprika, spice, water, trace of lime)

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E160b Annatto , E235 Natamycin , E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E270 Lactic acid , E325 Sodium lactate , E326 Potassium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E460 Cellulose , E460ii Powdered cellulose , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

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

As written on the pack

Romaine lettuce, creamy poblano dressing (canola oil, cultured buttermilk, tomatoes, poblano chilies, water, egg yolk, distilled vinegar, maltodextrin, salt, modified corn starch, sugar, roasted garlic, jalapeno peppers, cultured dextrose, spices, red pepper, worcestershire sauce [water, high fructose corn syrup, molasses, salt, vinegar, caramel color, hydrolyzed soy protein, wheat flour, natural flavor, guar gum], xanthan gum, guar gum, natural flavor, mustard flour, chive), corn, southwest style chicken breast with rib meat (chicken breast with rib meat, water, contains 2% or less of the following: sodium lactate [preservative], potassium lactate, salt, brown sugar, sodium phosphate [preservative], chipotle pepper, garlic powder, autolyzed yeast extract, chili pepper, sugar, onion powder, spices [including cumin], sodium citrate [preservative], hydrolyzed soy protein, citric acid, sodium diacetate [preservative], disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, corn syrup solids, spice extractive, maltodextrin, xanthan gum, lime juice solids, mesquite smoke flavor), four cheese blend (monterey jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto {vegetable color}], queso quesadilla cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], asadero cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto {vegetable color}], potato starch and powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], natamycin [a natural mold inhibitor]), tortilla strips (stone ground white corn, sunflower oil or corn oil, nacho seasoning [whey powder, salt, granular cheese {milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, cheddar cheese powder {milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], tomato powder, soybean oil, romano cheese powder {milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, cultured whey, whey protein concentrate, lactose, maltodextrin, blue cheese powder {milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, cultured nonfat milk powder, onion powder, buttermilk powder, lactic acid, citric acid, sodium phosphate, extractives of paprika, garlic powder, spices, sodium citrate, extractives of annatto], chili lime seasoning [whey powder, lime juice powder, sour cream powder {sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, salt, cultures), maltodextrin, disodium phosphate, silicon dioxide}], salt, spices, paprika, citric acid, extractives of paprika, spice extractive, water, trace of lime).

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.
  • E325 Sodium 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
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  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
10 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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.
  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110917348, last edited 11 March 2022), 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.