Mandarin Orange Chicken Meal Starter
The processing score reflects 30 ingredients, including modified ingredients, enriched flour or grain and emulsifiers or gums. No nutrient exceeds our high thresholds.
Nutrition Highlights
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Ingredients
2 listed · 2 flagged for reviewTEMPURA CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT, WATER, BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORNSTARCH. CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: DEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, EGG WHITES, EGG YOLKS, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, RICE FLOUR, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM. FULLY COOKED IN VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA)), SAUCE (WATER, SUGAR, TAMARI (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, ALCOHOL), DISTILLED VINEGAR, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, CORN STARCH, MIRIN (RICE, ALCOHOL, SALT, ENZYMES), CANOLA OIL, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, GUAR GUM, ORANGE EXTRACT, SPICE, LACTIC ACID).
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What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Mandarin Orange Chicken Meal Starter'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.
- Stabilizers & GumsUPF marker
In this product: Sauce (Water, Sugar, Tamari (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Alcohol), Distilled Vinegar, Orange Juice Concentrate, Corn Starch, Mirin (Rice, Alcohol, Salt, Enzymes), Canola Oil, Salt, Dehydrated Garlic, Guar Gum, Orange Extract, Spice, Lactic Acid).
Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator
In this product: Tempura Chicken (Chicken Breast Meat, Water, Bleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Cornstarch. Contains Less Than 2% Of: Dextrin, Dextrose, Egg Whites, Egg Yolks, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Modified Potato Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Rice Flour, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum. Fully Cooked In Vegetable Oil (Canola)).
Fortification often compensates for processing losses.
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