Chicken Nuggets

How it scored 50 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 35 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 Soy Protein
  Protein extracted from soybeans, sold as concentrate, isolate, or textured protein.
  Low
• 3 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 4 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 5 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
• 6 Potato Starch
  Native starch extracted from potato tubers.
  Safe
• 7 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
• 8 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 9 Dextrose
  D-glucose, a simple sugar (monosaccharide). Produced commercially by complete enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn starch.
  Moderate
• 10 Yeast Extract
  Concentrate of soluble compounds from autolyzed Saccharomyces yeast cells; contains naturally occurring glutamates and nucleotides.
  Low
• 11 Wheat Gluten
  Protein component of wheat (gliadin and glutenin), separated from starch.
  Low
• 12 Yellow Corn Flour
  Finely ground flour from dried yellow corn (Zea mays) kernels.
  Safe
• 13 Modified Starch
  Starch from corn, potato, tapioca, wheat, or rice that has been physically, enzymatically, or chemically modified (E1400-E1452) to improve c…
  Low
• 14 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 15 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 16 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 17 Raising Agent
  Umbrella label for one or more leavening agents (e.g., sodium bicarbonate, baking powder, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate).
  Safe
• 18 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 19 Paprika Extract
  Paprika extract (E160c, capsanthin/capsorubin) is a natural orange-red colorant from red peppers.
  Low
• 20 Tocopherol-Rich Extract
  Tocopherol-rich extract — a natural extract of mixed tocopherols (vitamin E forms) from vegetable oils, used as a natural antioxidant.
  Low
• 21 Minerals
  Generic umbrella term for inorganic nutrient additives (e.g., calcium carbonate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, potassium iodide).
  Safe
• 22 Thiamin Hydrochloride
  The hydrochloride salt of thiamin (vitamin B1), an essential water-soluble vitamin.
  Low
• 23 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 24 Calcium Pantothenate
  Calcium salt of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5); the most common supplemental form of B5.
  Low
• 25 Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
  Pyridoxine hydrochloride is a synthetic form of vitamin B6 used for nutrient fortification.
  Low
• 26 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 27 Methyl Cellulose
  Methyl cellulose (E461), a chemically modified cellulose ether derived from plant fiber.
  Low
• 28 Monopotassium Tartrate
  Monopotassium tartrate (E 336(i)), the potassium salt of L(+)-tartaric acid; a crystalline acid salt.
  Low
• 29 Šodium Bicarbonate —
• 30 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low
• 31 Antioxidant
  Functional class label for substances added to retard oxidative rancidity (e.g., tocopherols, ascorbic acid, BHA, BHT, TBHQ, rosemary extrac…
  Low
• 32 Zinc Gluconate
  Zinc salt of gluconic acid (C12H22O14Zn). White-to-off-white crystalline powder used as a stable, well-absorbed source of dietary zinc.
  Low
• 33 Thiamin
  Thiamin (vitamin B1) is an essential water-soluble B vitamin.
  Low
• 34 Pantothenic Acid
  Vitamin B5 - water-soluble vitamin essential for synthesis of coenzyme A and acyl carrier protein. Pale-yellow viscous liquid; commonly supp…
  Low
• 35 Vitamin B6
  Pyridoxine (and related forms pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), a water-soluble B-vitamin essential for protein metabolism.
  Low