Vegetables based foods
Healthy Choice Honey Glazed Turkey & Potatoes
9.5 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains emulsifiers studied for gut effects
- Contains seed oils
Why it scores 21
Healthy Choice Honey Glazed Turkey & Potatoes scores 21 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Brown sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
The Receipt
Honey Glazed Turkey & Potatoes
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Brown sugar minus 20 points
- Honey minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 6 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 7.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 6.7 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 0.4 g / 100 g minus 1 points
100 − 79.5 = 20.5 → 21
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 89 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 0.6 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.2 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 15.6 g |
| Sugars | 6.7 g |
| Added sugars | 4.8 g |
| Fiber | 1.9 g |
| Protein | 5.2 g |
| Salt | 0.4 g |
Serving: 1 meal (269 g)
Ingredients
- Sauce (water, sugar, onions, brown sugar, chicken flavor, modified corn starch, apple cider vinegar, honey, potassium chloride, sea salt, black pepper, xanthan gum) (not recognized)
- green beans
- russet potatoes
- sweet potatoes
- cooked turkey (turkey breast, water, isolated soy protein product, olive oil, chicken flavor, dextrose, salt, potassium chloride, potassium and sodium phosphates, flavoring, soy lecithin)
- sweetened dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, citric acid, sunflower oil, elderberry juice concentrate)
Label text, as published
Sauce (water, sugar, onions, brown sugar, chicken flavor [chicken broth, salt, chicken fat], modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of: apple cider vinegar, honey, potassium chloride, sea salt, black pepper, xanthan gum), green beans, russet potatoes, sweet potatoes, cooked turkey (turkey breast, water, contains 2% or less of: isolated soy protein product [isolated soy protein, modified potato starch, corn starch, carrageenan, soy lecithin], olive oil, chicken flavor [maltodextrin, chicken broth, salt, flavors], dextrose, salt, potassium chloride, potassium and sodium phosphates, flavoring, soy lecithin), sweetened dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, citric acid, sunflower oil, elderberry juice concentrate). contains: soy.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Soy
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
“carboxymethylcellulose and polysorbate-80, induced low-grade inflammation and obesity/metabolic syndrome in wild-type hosts and promoted robust colitis in mice predisposed to this disorder.”
doi.org
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“Relative to control subjects, CMC consumption modestly increased postprandial abdominal discomfort and perturbed gut microbiota composition in a way that reduced its diversity.”
doi.org
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“This study found positive associations between risk of CVD and intake of five individual and two groups of food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods.”
doi.org
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org