Sausages
Marketside Chicken Sausage Apple
12 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in salt
- Contains nitrites or nitrates
- Contains added sugars
- No additives
Why it scores 21
Marketside Chicken Sausage Apple scores 21 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Fruit juice concentrate (sweetener): 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.
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The Receipt
Chicken Sausage Apple
Ingredients
- Fruit juice concentrate (sweetener) minus 20 points
- Brown sugar minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 2 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 1.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 7.1 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Saturated fat 3.5 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 2.2 g / 100 g minus 7 points
- Energy 188 kcal / 100 g minus 1 points
- Protein 16.5 g / 100 g plus 4 points
100 − 79.5 = 20.5 → 21
Can’t score above 79. Contains fruit juice concentrate (sweetener), an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in salt (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 188 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 10.6 g |
| Saturated fat | 3.5 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 8.2 g |
| Sugars | 7.1 g |
| Added sugars | 7.1 g |
| Fiber | 1.2 g |
| Protein | 16.5 g |
| Salt | 2.2 g |
Serving: 1 link (85 g)
Ingredients
- chicken
- apples
- water
- apple juice concentrate with (high concern)
- brown sugar (high concern)
- salt
- vinegar natural spices including paprika
- cultured celery powder (celery powder, sea salt dehydrated parsley cherry powder, sugar, natural flavors, collagen casing. stovetop place links in pan to low grill 1. preheat grill turn links of keep refriger fully cooked gluten-free all natural na autostes as no artificia **except for powder se) (moderate concern)
Label text, as published
chicken, apples, water, apple juice concentrate with 2% or less of the following: brown sugar, salt, vinegar natural spices including paprika, cultured celery powder (celery powder, sea salt dehydrated parsley cherry powder, sugar, natural flavors, collagen casing. stovetop place links in pan to low grill 1. preheat grill turn links of keep refriger fully cooked gluten-free all natural na autostes as no artificia **except for powder se
Allergens and diets
Contains: Celery
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Marketside
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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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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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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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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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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Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, Volumes 1–142 (List of Classifications)
monographs.iarc.who.int
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“the presence of nitrites and nitrates in foods can give rise to the formation of nitrosamines some of which are carcinogenic.”
eur-lex.europa.eu