Meats Prepared Meats Roundup
We analyzed 740 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 10)

Ultra Thin Smoked Ham
Ingredients: cured with water, contains 2% or less of: sodium lactate, salt, dextrose, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), sodium nitrite,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage Breakfast Links
Ingredients: Chicken, dried apple, brown sugar, salt, fruit juice concentrate (apple, pineapple, pear, peach) spices, celery powder
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ultra thin sliced lunchmeat lower sodium honey ham
Ingredients: Cured with water, honey, contains 2% or less: salt, dextrose, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium propionate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Brown Sugar Ham
Ingredients: HAM, WATER, BROWN SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVORINGS (CELERY JUICE POWDER), SEA SALT, CITRIC ACID.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pepperoni
Ingredients: Pork, beef, salt, corn syrup, natural spices, natural flavorings, oleoresin paprika, rosemary extract, garlic powder, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Italian Dry Salame
Ingredients: Pork, nonfat dry milk, dextrose salt, contains 2% or less of: natural spices, wine, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), granulated garlic, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Nitrate

Smoked, Apple Chardonnay Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: CHICKEN, DEHYDRATED APPLES, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, ROASTED ONION, CELERY JUICE POWDER, WHITE PEPPER, NUTMEG, THYME, GINGER, CHARDONNAY, ROSEMARY, IN A NATURAL PORK CASING.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Paper wrapped salame portofino chub
Ingredients: Pork, sea salt, less than 2% of: dextrose, spices, wine, starter culture, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, natural flavoring.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Nitrate

Uncured Hard Salami
Ingredients: Pork, beef, sea salt++, contains 2% or less of: natural spices, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, natural flavoring (including celery powder++), gum arabic, maltodextrin, natural smoke flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hard Salami
Ingredients: pork, beef, salt, contains less than 2% of sugar, water, flavor, rosemary extract, natural smoke flavor, lactic acid starter culture, sodium nitrate, sodium ascorbate
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Nitrate

Uncured black forest ham ultra-thin deli slices
Ingredients: Pork, water, vinegar‡, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, natural flavoring (celery powder‡), sea salt‡.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
Ingredients: beef, water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less: salt, potassium lactate, hydrolyzed beef stock, sodium phosphate, celery juice powder, natural flavor, sea salt, sodium diacetate, extractives of paprika,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Uncured Beef Franks
Ingredients: Beef, water, corn syrup, contains 2% or less: salt, potassium lactate, hydrolyzed beef stock, sodium phosphate, celery juice powder, natural flavor, sea salt, sodium diacetate, extractives of paprika.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Browned With Caramel Color
Ingredients: Turkey breast, turkey broth, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less: salt, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, sodium propionate, sodium nitrite, natural flavor, caramel color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Beef franks
Ingredients: Beef, water, contains 2% or less of salt, sorbitol, sodium lactate, natural flavorings, sodium phosphates, hydrolyzed corn protein, paprika, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Red hot link sausage
Ingredients: (PORK, BEEF), WATER, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS ISOLATED OAT PRODUCT, FLAVORINGS, MODIFIED FO0OD STARCH, DEXTROSE.SO PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBAE SODIUM NITRITE, CARMINE ANNATTO, FaCRED #40.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Chorizo Smoked Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: Chicken, spices, cilantro, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, white distilled vinegar, paprika, granulated garlic, celery powder, sea salt, natural pork casing.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Smoked Polish Sausage
Ingredients: Mechanically separated chicken, water, pork hearts, pork, dextrose, corn syrup, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of the following: beef, salt, potassium chloride, flavorings, potassium lactate, potassium acetate, sodium diacetate, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks
Ingredients: Pork, Sea Salt, 2% or less of Cultured Swiss Chard, Dextrose, Pepper, Sugar, Natural Flavor, Spices, Fresh Garlic, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Natural Smoke Flavor
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Beef Franks
Ingredients: Beef, water, pasteurized process cheddar cheese [cheddar cheese(cultured milk, water, cream, sodium phosphates, salt, sorbic acid, artificial color, enzymes), powdered cellulose], contains 2% or less of salt, sorbitol, sodium lactate, natural flavorings, sodium phosphates, hydrolyzed corn protein, paprika, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Little Goodies, Uncured Beef Hot Dogs
Ingredients: Pasture-raised beef, water, contains 2% or less of the following: fresh onion, garlic, mustard paprika, celery powder, vinegar, salt, sugar, extractives of paprika, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Smoked Sliced Turkey Bacon
Ingredients: Cured with: water, potassium lactate, dextrose, salt, sodium phosphate, sugar, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Turkey Smoked Sausage
Ingredients: Turkey, mechanically separated turkey, water, corn syrup, salt, contains less than 2% of isolated oat product, dextrose, modified food starch, flavorings, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, beef collagen casing.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Pederson's natural farms uncured hickory smoked bacon
Ingredients: Pork, water, less than 2% of: salt, vinegar, citrus extracts, pomegranate extract, rosemary extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Braunschelger liverwurst
Ingredients: Pork livers, pork, bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium ascorbate and/or sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), potassium lactate, salt, water, spices, dehydrated onions, sodium diacetate, sodium ascorbate, dextrose, sugar, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Potted Meat
Ingredients: Mechanically separated chicken, partially defatted pork fatty tissue (tocopherol, natural flavor, citric acid), water, salt. contains 2% or less of: mustard, vinegar, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, garlic powder, natural flavors, sodium nitrite.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Smoked Apple & Gouda Cheese Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken breast meat and thigh meat, apples, gouda cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes and annatto color), contains 2% or less of: spices, natural flavor, kosher salt, water, evaporated cane syrup, vinegar, lamb casing.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Andouille chicken sausage
Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken breast meat and thigh meat, water, contains 2% or less of: spices, parsley, crushed red pepper, paprika, natural flavor, onions, garlic, kosher salt, evaporated cane syrup, vinegar, lamb casing.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Premium Sausage
Ingredients: Pork, seasoning (corn syrup solids, salt, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, lemon powder (corn syrup solids and lemon juice solids), flavorings (spice extractives), bha, propyl gallate, and citric acid), water.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
