Butter & Herb Mashed Potatoes

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 ingredients to avoid

Idahoan Butter & Herb Mashed Potatoes scores 25/100 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, 2g protein and 2g 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.

Idahoan Butter & Herb Mashed Potatoes lists 17 ingredients, starting with Potatoes, Vegetable Oil Coconul, Sunflower Soybean, Whey Salt and Dried Corn Syarup. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

110 kcal per serving, or 79 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Idahoan Butter & Herb Mashed Potatoes on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 25/100 Idahoan Butter & Herb Mashed Potatoes scores worse than most fruits & vegetables we have scored. A higher-scoring option in fruits & vegetables is Driscoll's Organic Strawberries at 100/100.