Mini pickled cucumber

Breakdown

3 ingredients to avoid

vlasic Mini pickled cucumber scores 39/100 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.

vlasic Mini pickled cucumber lists 11 ingredients, starting with Cucumbers, Water, Vinegar, Salt and Calcium Chloride. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 39/100 vlasic Mini pickled cucumber scores worse than most canned goods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in canned goods is jovial Organic Chickpeas at 100/100.