Fish Sticks

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

Gorton’s Fish Sticks 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. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 8g protein and 1g sugar. 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.

Gorton’s Fish Sticks lists 18 ingredients, starting with Minced Alaska Pollock, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour, Flour, Niacin and Iron. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

180 kcal per serving, or 228 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Gorton’s Fish Sticks on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Gorton’s Fish Sticks 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.