Is Sabatino's Organic Basil & Cracked Black Pepper Smoked Chicken Sausage ultra-processed?

36 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

10 ingredients
No 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, Basil, Garlic, Onion, Garlic, Sea Salt (processing marker), Vinegar, Black Pepper, Oregano, Chicken Collagen Casing

As written on the pack

Organic Chicken, Organic Basil, Organic Roasted Garlic, Organic Onion Powder, Organic Garlic Powder, Sea Salt, Organic Vinegar, Organic Black Pepper, Organic Oregano, Chicken Collagen Casing

What makes it processed

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 5th. 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 0828686006860, last edited 21 April 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.