Is Sabatino's Smoked Mozzarella with Artichokes & Garlic Chicken Sausage ultra-processed?

48 oz Sausages Sold in the United States

Pack of Sabatino's Smoked Mozzarella with Artichokes & Garlic Chicken Sausage

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sausages

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, part-skim milk mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes), artichokes, contains 2% and less of the following (garlic), natural spices including paprika, garlic, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), celery powder, orange juice, vinegar, cherry (cherry, cane sugar (processing marker)), chicken collagen casing

As written on the pack

chicken, part-skim milk mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), artichokes, contains 2% or less of the following: roasted garlic, natural spices including paprika, garlic powder, natural flavor, salt, cultured celery powder, orange juice powder, vinegar, cherry powder (cherry powder, organic cane sugar), chicken collagen casing, contains: milk

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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.

  • Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
  • Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 337 sausages

From least to most processed, this one ranks 77th. 80% of the 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 337 sausages, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0828686006907, last edited 9 June 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.