Tyson Fire Stingers Fully Cooked Breaded Bone-In Chicken Wing Sections, Medium

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Tyson Fire Stingers Fully Cooked Breaded Bone-In Chicken Wing Sections, Medium scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

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

Within Poultry, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 2,120 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 Tyson Fire Stingers Fully Cooked Breaded Bone-In Chicken Wing Sections, Medium'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.

Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator

In this product: Autolyzed Yeast Extract.

Industrial fermentation for additive production.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.