Mashed Potatoes

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Hy-Vee Mashed Potatoes scores 74/100 on Tallow — our clean 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.

Hy-Vee Mashed Potatoes lists 10 ingredients, starting with Potatoes, Butter, Whole Milk, Black Pepper and Water. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 74/100 Hy-Vee Mashed Potatoes sits in our top band, among the better prepared meals we have scored. A higher-scoring option in prepared meals is Amylu Organic Chicken Meatballs at 97/100.