Mechanically separated meat

What the evidence says

• Marker of ultra-processingInfo

  An ingredient typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]

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Popular products that list mechanically separated meat

58 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list mechanically separated meat. The 12 most scanned:

• Spam 25% Less Sodium Spam · 12 oz Score 23 out of 100 Poor
• Vienna Sausage Libby's · 4.6 oz (130 g) Score 27 out of 100 Poor
• Smoked Snack Stick Slim Jim · 8 g Score 11 out of 100 Bad
• Turkey Bacon Original Oscar Mayer · 12 oz Score 21 out of 100 Poor
• Spam Less sodium Hormel · 48 oz Score 23 out of 100 Poor
• Turkey Franks Classic Oscar Mayer · 16 oz Score 21 out of 100 Poor
• SpaghettiOs Meatballs Campbell's · 15.6 oz (443 g) Score 26 out of 100 Poor
• Vienna Sausage Armour · 4.6 oz Score 23 out of 100 Poor
• Hormel Chili Turkey with Beans Hormel · 247 g Score 48 out of 100 Okay
• English Muffin Jimmy Dean Delights · 20.4 oz/1.27 lb/578 g Score 17 out of 100 Bad
• Turkey Sticks Smoked Sausage Old Wisconsin · 28 oz Score 21 out of 100 Poor
• Party Pizza Pepperoni Totino's · 10.2 oz Score 14 out of 100 Bad

Diets and allergens

Vegan

No

Vegetarian

No

Gluten-free

Yes

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