Buffalo Style Chicken

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Buffalo Style Chicken scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Other Additives (Sodium Phosphates): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Frozen Appetizers, this product is more processed than about 39% of the 4,714 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 Buffalo Style Chicken'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.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Dough (Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Milk (Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3), Butter (Cream, Salt), Sour Cream (Cultured Pasteurized Light Cream, Nonfat Milk, Enzymes), Eggs, Salt).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Anti-Caking AgentsProcessing indicator

In this product: Fajita Flavor Seasoning [Chicken Broth, Dried Onion, Dried Garlic, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt), Salt, Sugar, Spices, Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Liquid Smoke, Green Bell Pepper Powder, Chicken Fat, Grill Flavor (From Sunflower Oil), Natural Flavor, Charred Flavor ( Salt, Natural Flavor, Caramel Color, Canola Oil, Sesame Oil, Silicon Dioxide, Sunflower Oil, Disodium Insinuate, Natural Smoke Flavor)And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added To Prevent Caking].

Common in powdered processed foods.