Chicken Empanadas
The processing score reflects 68 ingredients, including preservatives 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
22 listed · 6 flagged for reviewCRUST: FLOUR (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM OIL), LARD (REFINED LARD, BHA, BHT (PRESERVATIVES)), SALT, SUGAR, POTASSIUM SORBATE, EGG, FILLING: CHICKEN, ONIONS, BELL PEPPERS, TOMATO KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE, SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS), DICED RED PEPPERS (RED PEPPERS, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, BLACK OLIVES (RIPE OLIVES, WATER, SALT), COOKING SHERRY, GARLIC, SOY BEAN OIL, CHICKEN FLAVOR BASE (SALT, SUGAR, PALM OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN STARCH, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, ONION POWDER, CHICKEN FAT, DEHYDRATED CHICKEN, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, TURMERIC, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR), SEASONING MIX (SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED ONION, SPICES, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, PAPRIKA), GARLIC POWDER, SPICES.
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What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Chicken Empanadas' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- Chemical PreservativesStrong UPF marker
In this product: Potassium Sorbate.
Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil), Soy Bean Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Sugar, Tomato Ketchup (Tomato Concentrate, Sugar, Vinegar, Salt, Onion Powder, Natural Flavors), Chicken Flavor Base (Salt, Sugar, Palm Oil, Maltodextrin, Corn Starch, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Onion Powder, Chicken Fat, Dehydrated Chicken, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Turmeric, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor).
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
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