Fully Cooked Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Fully Cooked Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Of: Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Other Additives (Sodium Phosphates): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Natural Flavors (Natural Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Deli Meats, this product is more processed than about 93% of the 4,591 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 Fully Cooked Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast's 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: Dextrose, Roasted Chicken Flavor (Contains Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Sugar, Molasses, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate And Sodium Phosphates), Brown Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Chicken Broth Concentrate [Chicken Broth, Yeast Extract, Chicken Flavor (Chicken Fat And Flavoring), Corn Syrup Solids, Salt And Flavor].

Industrial fermentation for additive production.