Aqua Star smoky peppercorn salmon

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 6 ingredients to avoid

Aqua Star smoky peppercorn salmon scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Aqua Star smoky peppercorn salmon lists 15 ingredients, starting with Salmon, Soybean Oil, Water, Sugar and Modified Tapioca Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Aqua Star smoky peppercorn salmon scores worse than most seafood we have scored. A higher-scoring option in seafood is Kirkland Signature Wild Caught Alaska Sockeye Salmon at 100/100.