Is Stove Top Stuffing Mix for Chicken ultra-processed?

6 OZ (170g) Stuffing Sold in the United States and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Glucose
High fructose corn syrup
Maltodextrin
Fructose
Soya bean
and 3 more

33 ingredients
6 additives

Less processed stuffing

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

enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin, folic acid), high fructose corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), onions, salt (processing marker), contains less than 2% of hydrolyzed soy protein, yeast, soybean and (ultra-processing marker), dr cottonseed oil, chicken, chicken broth, celery, monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), parsley, spice, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), potassium chloride, sugar (processing marker), turmeric, disodium guanylate (ultra-processing marker), disodium inosinate (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), with bha, bht, propyl gallate, and citric acid as preservatives, dried

Additives: E310 Propyl gallate , E320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), high fructose corn syrup, onions*, salt, contains less than 2% of hydrolyzed soy protein, yeast, partially hydrogenated soybean and/dr cottonseed oil, cooked chicken and chicken broth, celery*, monosodium glutamate, parsley*, spice, maltodextrin, potassium chloride, sugar, turmeric, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, natural flavor, with bha, bht, propyl gallate, and citric acid as preservatives, *dried

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.

E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
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.

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.
Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
Soya bean An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 stuffing

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 35% of the stuffing 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 20 stuffing, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0043000285213, last edited 15 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.