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Is Lunchables Turkey & American with Chocolate Crème Cookies ultra-processed?

3.2 oz (90 g) Turkey preparations Sold in the United States

Pack of Lunchables Turkey & American with Chocolate Crème Cookies

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed turkey preparations

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

roast white turkey, cured, smoke flavor added white turkey, water, potassium lactate, contains less than 2% of modified cornstarch, dextrose, salt, carrageenan, sodium phosphates, sodium diacetate, potassium salts, sodium ascorbate, NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, sodium nitrite, smoke flavor

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E326 Potassium lactate , E407 Carrageenan

As written on the pack

ROAST WHITE TURKEY - CURED - SMOKE FLAVOR ADDED WHITE TURKEY, WATER, POTASSIUM LACTATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, DEXTROSE, SALT, CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, POTASSIUM SALTS, SODIUM ASCORBATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM NITRITE, SMOKE FLAVOR)

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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • 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.
2 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 turkey preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 75% of the turkey preparations 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 16 turkey preparations, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044700103203, last edited 9 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.