CHIK'N NUGGETS

How it scored 60 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 31 listed

• 1 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 2 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 3 Soya Flour
  Flour milled from soybeans.
  Low
• 4 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 5 Soy Protein Isolate
  Refined protein extracted from defatted soybean flakes, typically ≥90% protein content.
  Low
• 6 Wheat Gluten
  Protein component of wheat (gliadin and glutenin), separated from starch.
  Low
• 7 Wheat Starch
  Starch isolated from wheat by separating it from gluten.
  Low
• 8 Yellow Corn Flour
  Finely ground flour from dried yellow corn (Zea mays) kernels.
  Safe
• 9 Methyl Cellulose
  Methyl cellulose (E461), a chemically modified cellulose ether derived from plant fiber.
  Low
• 10 Potato Starch
  Native starch extracted from potato tubers.
  Safe
• 11 Corn Starch
  Starch isolated from the endosperm of corn kernels. Composed of amylose and amylopectin (glucose polymers).
  Low
• 12 Yeast Extract
  Concentrate of soluble compounds from autolyzed Saccharomyces yeast cells; contains naturally occurring glutamates and nucleotides.
  Low
• 13 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 14 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 15 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 16 Dextrose
  D-glucose, a simple sugar (monosaccharide). Produced commercially by complete enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn starch.
  Moderate
• 17 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 18 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 19 Yeast
  Single-celled fungus, primarily Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used in fermentation and baking. A whole-food microorganism with millennia of food…
  Safe
• 20 Potassium Chloride
  Potassium chloride (KCl), an inorganic salt commonly used as a low-sodium salt substitute and nutrient.
  Low
• 21 Glutamic Acid
  Glutamic acid (E620), the parent compound of the umami taste; the L-isomer is a non-essential amino acid and abundant in protein-containing …
  Low
• 22 Paprika
  Ground spice from dried Capsicum annuum peppers.
  Safe
• 23 Raising Agent
  Umbrella label for one or more leavening agents (e.g., sodium bicarbonate, baking powder, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate).
  Safe
• 24 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 25 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 26 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 27 Barley Malt Extract
  Concentrated extract of malted barley (Dutch: gerstemoutextract); thick syrup made by mashing malted barley and concentrating the wort.
  Low
• 28 Corn
  Edible cereal grain from Zea mays.
  Safe
• 29 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low
• 30 Sunflower Oil
  Edible vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of Helianthus annuus, typically high in linoleic acid (omega-6) or, in high-oleic varieties, ole…
  Low
• 31 Paprika Extract
  Paprika extract (E160c, capsanthin/capsorubin) is a natural orange-red colorant from red peppers.
  Low