Sweet Gherkins

Name: Sweet Gherkins
Brand: Mt. Olive

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Ingredients · 11

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Common questions

Is Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins healthy?

Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins 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.

What is in Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins?

Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins lists 11 ingredients, starting with Cucumbers, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Vinegar and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins?

Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins compare to other canned goods?

At 5/100 Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins scores worse than most canned goods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in canned goods is Dakota's Pride Green Lentils at 100/100.

Is Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins organic?

Mt. Olive Sweet Gherkins is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.