Chicken Fried Rice
The processing score reflects 26 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
19 listed · 6 flagged for reviewRICE & VEGETABLES: RICE (RICE, WATER), CARROTS, SUGAR SNAP PEAS, ONIONS, DICED EGG (WHOLE EGGS, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, PEPPER). SAUCE: WATER, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), BROWN SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, GARLIC, CULTURED WHEY, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS, XANTHAN GUM, MALIC ACID. CHICKEN: CHICKEN WHITE MEAT, WATER, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Chicken Fried Rice scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Modified Starches (Modified Corn Starch, Modified Tapioca Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
- Stabilizers & Gums (Diced Egg (Whole Eggs, Nonfat Milk, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Pepper). Sauce: Water, Xanthan Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Natural Flavors (Natural Flavors): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
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 Fried Rice'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: Sugar Snap Peas, 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.
- Food AcidsProcessing indicator
In this product: Malic Acid. Chicken: Chicken White Meat.
Common in both traditional and industrial foods.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Sodium Phosphate.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
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About our scores and this content
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