Chicken with Cashews
The processing score reflects 50 ingredients, including modified ingredients, emulsifiers or gums and natural flavoring. No nutrient exceeds our high thresholds.
Nutrition Highlights

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* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Ingredients
25 listed · 6 flagged for reviewCOOKED BROWN RICE (WATER, BROWN RICE), COOKED WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, WATER, COOKED RED QUINOA (WATER, RED QUINOA), BROCCOLI, CARROTS, RED BELL PEPPERS, PLUM SAUCE (SUGAR, SALTED PLUMS, WATER, RICE VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, GINGER, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, CHILI PEPPERS, XANTHAN GUM, WHEAT, SOYBEANS), CASHEWS, TAMARI SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, SUGAR), BROWN SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SESAME OIL, GARLIC, RICE WINE VINEGAR (RICE WINE VINEGAR, WATER), POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SEASONING (DRIED CHICKEN BROTH, CHICKEN POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR), MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SAFFLOWER OIL, DRIED RED BELL PEPPERS, CAYENNE RED PEPPER.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Chicken with Cashews scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Modified Starches (Modified Cornstarch, Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
- Processed Dairy Ingredients (Soy Protein Isolate): Isolated proteins and modified ingredients indicate UPF.
Within Frozen Dinners, this product is more processed than about 37% of the 5,358 products we've analyzed.
Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.
What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Chicken with Cashews' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Plum Sauce (Sugar, Salted Plums, Water, Rice Vinegar, Modified Cornstarch, Ginger, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Chili Peppers, Xanthan Gum, Wheat, Soybeans), Brown Sugar, Maltodextrin.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Sesame Oil, Safflower Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Potassium Chloride, Sodium Phosphate.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
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About our scores and this content
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