Groceries Roundup
We analyzed 2300 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 52)

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Green chile enchilada sauce mild
Ingredients: water, green chiles, green tomatoes, vinegar, modified food starch, salt, soybean oil, garlic, sugar, spices, dry onion, monosodium glutamate, onion powder, hydrolyzed soy protein, corn starch, textured soy protein (soy flour, hydrogenated soy protein, salt, natural and artificial flavors), natural and artificial flavors, colors (annatto, yellow 5 , 6), yeast extract, calcium silicate (anticaking agent), garlic powder, disodium inosinate and guanylate and citric acid,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

More spice creole seasoning, more spice
Ingredients: salt, red pepper, black pepper, chili powder (chili pepper, spices, salt, garlic powder), dehydrated garlic, silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sassy Creamy Horseradish Sauce
Ingredients: Water, soybean oil, horseradish, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn starch, sugar, salt, egg yolks, mustard flour, lemon juice concentrate, artificial flavoring, xanthan gum, edta-calcium disodium (to protect color and flavor).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Coleslaw Dressing
Ingredients: Soybean oil, sugar, apple cider vinegar, water, egg yolks, contains less than 2% of salt, natural flavors, dried torula yeast, celery seed, spice, xanthan gum, onion*, garlic*.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Original ranch organic salad dressing topping
Ingredients: Organic soybean oil, water, organic vinegar, organic sugar, organic egg yolk, organic buttermilk or organic buttermilk blend (organic buttermilk, organic skim milk), less than 2% of: dried organic garlic, dried organic onion, organic spices, salt, organic lemon juice concentrate, organic rosemary extract, inactive organic dry yeast, organic corn starch, lactic acid, natural flavor, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fine foods seasoning salt
Ingredients: Sea salt, salt, monosodium glutamate, paprika, garlic, spices.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
Ingredients: Soybean oil, water, blue cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), distilled vinegar, egg yolk, sugar, salt, buttermilk powder, xanthan gum, dehydrated garlic, cultured whey, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Simmer sauce for spicy butter chicken
Ingredients: Water, onion, tomato paste, sugar, cream, butter (cream), food starch-modified, canola oil, vinegar, ginger puree, spices, onion powder, salt, dried crushed red chili pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika, ground almond, paprika, tamarino, paprika extractives (color), acetic acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pataks tikka masala paste
Ingredients: Water, spices (including turmeric, paprika, coriander, and mustard), canola oil, salt, corn flour, acetic acid, contains 2% or less of tamarind, garlic powder, citric acid, dried fenugreek leaf, cumin seeds, paprika extractives (color), dried cilantro leaf.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grace hot pepper sauces
Ingredients: Water, scotch bonnet peppers, vinegar, modified food starch, salt, approved spices, potassium sorbate (0.1% as preservative), sodium metabisulphite (to preserve color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Steak Sauce
Ingredients: Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), vinegar, corn syrup, salt, raisin paste, crushed orange puree, spice dried garlic, caramel, color, dried onions, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), kanthan gum, celery seed
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Original Barbecue Sauce
Ingredients: High fructose corn syrup, water, distilled vinegar, tomato puree [water, tomato paste], salt, food starch-modified. contains 2% or less of: soybean oil, sauce blend (water, hydrolyzed corn and soy protein, salt), spice, onion powder, dehydrated garlic, natural and artificial flavor, caramel color, colored with (yellow 6, red 40, titanium dioxide, blue 1).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Premium brown gravy mix
Ingredients: Modified corn starch, corn maltodextrin, salt, yeast extract, sunflower oil, corn syrup solids, caramel color, tomato, onion, sodium caseinate (milk), mono and diglycerides (for smoothness), paprika, spices, garlic, soy lecithin, natural flavor, and disodium inosinate and guanylate (flavor enhancers).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Brown Gravy
Ingredients: enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat starch, salt, onion, palm oil, beef fat, caramel color, hydrolyzed corn gluten, soy protein, and wheat gluten, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate (milk), spices (including white pepper), dipotassium phosphate, garlic, natural flavor, disodium inosinate and guanylate (flavor enhancers), extractives of paprika, and yeast extract,
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Enchilada sauce mix
Ingredients: corn flour, salt, spices (including chili pepper, cumin), onion, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), and garlic,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Chili Seasoning Mix
Ingredients: Chili pepper and other spices (including cumin), enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), onion, salt, and garlic.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Grill mates zesty herb marinade
Ingredients: Maltodextrin, salt, modified corn starch, whey solids (milk), herbs and spice, hydrolyzed corn gluten, soy protein, and wheat gluten, garlic, soy sauce (wheat, soy - beans, salt), onion, jalapeno pepper, red bell peppers, calcium silicate (added to make free flowing), and garlic oil
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

COFFEE-MATE Creamer
Ingredients: Corn syrup solids, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and/or palm kernel and/or soybean), sodium caseinate (a milk derivative)**, less than 2% of dipotassium phosphate, mono - and diglycerides, sodium aluminosilicate artificial flavor, annatto color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Chili garlic hot sauce, chili garlic
Ingredients: Water, salt, dried peppers (arbol and piquin), vinegar, garlic spices, natural flavors, xanthan gum, dried garlic.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Worcestershire Sauce
Ingredients: distilled vinegar, water, molasses, sugar, salt, spices, anchovies, citric acid, natural flavors (contains soy), celery seed, xanthan gum and tamarind extract,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Real Mayonnaise
Ingredients: Soybean oil, egg yolks, distilled vinegar, water, sugar, salt, mustard, flour, natural flavors, spices, oleoresin paprika, calcium disodium edta (used to protect quality).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original stir fry sauce bottles
Ingredients: water, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt), sugar, vinegar, modified corn starch, mirin (sweet cooking rice wine), sesame oil, garlic powder, ginger, xanthan gum, caramel color, spice,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Steak house chef's reserve ranch dressing
Ingredients: Soybean oil, water, distilled vinegar, sugar, salt, extra virgin olive oil, contains less than 2% of egg yolk, buttermilk solids, monosodium glutamate, xanthan gum, peppercorn, lactic acid, onion,* polysorbate 60. potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), cream, garlic,* spice, natural flavor, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), blue cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey powder, nonfat milk.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Sazon azafran econopak
Ingredients: monosodium glutamate, salt, dehydrated garlic, cumin, yellow 5, tricalcium phosphate (anti-caking agent), annato (color), mexican saffron, turmeric (color), red 40,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Ranch dressing
Ingredients: Water, soybean oil, sugar, buttermilk powder. contains 2% or less of: salt, distilled vinegar, modified corn starch, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, garlic powder, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, polysorbate 60, spices, natural flavors (milk), lemon juice concentrate, propylene glycol alginate, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, soy lecithin, sorbic acid and calcium disodium edta (to protect quality).
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Phosphoric Acid

Mild peach salsa, mild
Ingredients: Tomatoes, tomato puree, water, peaches, onions, pineapple juice, brown sugar, distilled vinegar, corn starch, sweet green peppers, jalapeno peppers, salt, cilantro, pear juice concentrate, sugar, garlic, spices.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sundried tomato alfredo pasta sauce
Ingredients: Water, cream, parmesan cheese (cultured part skim milk, salt, enzymes), enzyme modified egg yolks, modified cornstarch, contains less than 2% of sun dried tomatoes, butter (cream, natural flavor), sugar, salt, dehydrated tomatoes, xanthan gum, garlic powder, onion powder, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Salsa Verde
Ingredients: tomatillos (contains citric acid), jalapeno peppers, water, onions, contains 2% or less of salt, garlic (contains high fructose corn syrup), granulated garlic, sodium benzoate (preservative), spice, xanthan gum, natural flavoring, citric acid,
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
