Water Chesnuts
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Common questions
Is Water Chesnuts healthy?
Water Chesnuts scores 100/100 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.
What is in Water Chesnuts?
Water Chesnuts lists 3 ingredients, starting with Water Chestnuts, Water and Citric Acid. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.
Does Water Chesnuts contain seed oils?
No. Nothing in Water Chesnuts’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 Water Chesnuts?
Water Chesnuts is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.
How does Water Chesnuts compare to other canned goods?
At 100/100 Water Chesnuts sits in our top band, among the better canned goods we have scored.
Is Water Chesnuts organic?
Yes. Water Chesnuts carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.
Full methodology: how we score products.
