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Is Marketside Santa Fe Style Salad with Chicken ultra-processed?

Chicken salads Sold in the United States

Pack of Marketside Santa Fe Style Salad with Chicken

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:

  • 108 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed chicken salads

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

iceberg lettuce, salsa ranch dressing, water, buttermilk, soybean oil, cider vinegar, tomato paste, distilled vinegar, sugar, contains less than 2% of salt, egg yolks, corn starch, dehydrated onion, xanthan gum, garlic, spices includes mustard, dehydrated red bell pepper dehydrated green jalapeno pepper, gum acacia, green onion, oleoresin paprika (color), grilled chili lime seasoned chicken breast meat with rib meat chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, less than 2% brown sugar, salt, rice starch, spices including paprika, vinegar, chili pepper, natural flavor, lime ol roasted corn, green leaf lettuce, four cheese blend, monterey jack, queso quesadilla cheese pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, ASADERO and CHEDDAR CHEESE PASTEURIZED MILK, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto, vegetable color, potato starch, powdered cellulose to prevent caking, natamycin a natural mold inhibitori, tortilla, stone ground white corn, sunflower oil, nacho seasoning, whey, salt, cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), cheddar cheese powder, milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, tomato, sunflower oil, romano cheese powder from cow's milk pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, whey, whey protein, lactose, maltodextrin, blue cheese (milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), nonfat milk, onion powder, buttermilk powder, lactic acid, citric acid, paprika (color), garlic powder, chili pepper, sodium citrate, annatto, color, chili lime seasoning, whey powder, lime juice (maltodextrin, lime juice, sour cream powder cream, nonfat dry milk, cultures), maltodextrin, salt, spices, paprika (color), citric acid, paprika (color), spice, carrot

Additives: E160b Annatto , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E414 Acacia gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

ICEBERG LETTUCE, SALSA RANCH DRESSING (WATER, CULTURED LOWFAT BUTTERMILK, SOYBEAN OIL, CIDER VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, EGG YOLKS, CORN STARCH, DEHYDRATED ONION, XANTHAN GUM, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES INCLUDES MUSTARD], DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPER DEHYDRATED GREEN JALAPENO PEPPER, GUM ACACIA, DEHYDRATED GREEN ONION, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR), GRILLED CHILI LIME SEASONED CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, LESS THAN 2% BROWN SUGAR, SALT, RICE STARCH, SPICES INCLUDING PAPRIKA, VINEGAR, CHILI PEPPER, NATURAL FLAVOR, LIME OL ROASTED CORN, GREEN LEAF LETTUCE, FOUR CHEESE BLEND (MONTEREY JACK AND QUESO QUESADILLA CHEESE PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ASADERO AND CHEDDAR CHEESE PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR}], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE TO PREVENT CAKING, NATAMYCIN A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITORI, SEASONED TORTILLA CHIPS (STONE GROUND WHITE CORN, SUNFLOWER OIL, NACHO SEASONING (WHEY, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, TOMATO POWDER, SUNFLOWER OIL, ROMANO CHEESE POWDER FROM COW'S MILK PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, CULTURED WHEY, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LACTOSE, MALTODEXTRIN, BLUE CHEESE POWDER (MILK, SALT, CULTURES, ENZYMES), CULTURED NONFAT MILK, ONION POWDER, BUTTERMILK POWDER, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA (COLOR), GARLIC POWDER, CHILI PEPPER, SODIUM CITRATE, ANNATTO (COLOR, CHILI LIME SEASONING (WHEY POWDER, LIME JUICE POWDER (MALTODEXTRIN, LIME JUICE POWDER, SOUR CREAM POWDER CREAM, NONFAT DRY MILK, CULTURES), MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SPICES, PAPRIKA (COLOR), CITRIC ACID, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA (COLOR), SPICE EXTRACTIVE, CARROT, RED CABBAGE CONTAINS MILK AND EGGS.

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.

  • 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.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.

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.

  • 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.
8 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 chicken salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 78% of the chicken salads 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 9 chicken salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0681131423632, last edited 7 July 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.