Orange Chicken
The processing score reflects 36 ingredients, including enriched flour or grain and emulsifiers or gums.
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Ingredients
22 listed · 4 flagged for reviewCOOKED RICE. SAUCE: WATER, SUGAR, WINE VINEGAR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEAN, SALT), ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, CORN STARCH, GINGER, LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: HONEY, SALT, GARLIC, XANTHAN GUM, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA. TEMPURA CHICKEN: CHICKEN WHITE MEAT, WATER, POTATO AND CORN STARCH, YEAST EXTARCT, SPICES. COATING: WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR, (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, CORN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), YEAST EXTRACT, EGGS.
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What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Orange 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.
- Stabilizers & GumsUPF marker
In this product: Xanthan Gum.
Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Sugar, Less Than 2% Of The Following: Honey.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator
In this product: Yeast Extarct, Yeast Extract.
Industrial fermentation for additive production.
- Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator
In this product: Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid.
Natural sources but industrial application.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Corn, And/Or Sunflower Oil).
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate).
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
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