Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat

Name: Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat
Brand: SPAM

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Ingredients · 15

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Is SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat healthy?

SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat 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 SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat?

SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat lists 15 ingredients, starting with Pork, Mechanically Separated Chicken, Sugar, Water and Modified Potato Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat’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 SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat?

SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat compare to other canned goods?

At 5/100 SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat scores worse than most canned goods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in canned goods is Trader Joe's Organic Garbanzo Beans Made with Sea Salt at 98/100.

Is SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat organic?

SPAM Korean BBQ Flavored Lunch Meat is not certified organic in our data.

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