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Is Applegate Naturals Chicken Nuggets ultra-processed?

88 g Cooked chicken Sold in the United States

Pack of Applegate Naturals Chicken Nuggets

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed cooked chicken

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chicken, water, contains less than 2% of the following (corn starch), salt, natural flavor (oregano), breaded with (wheat flour), sugar, yeast, canola oil, salt, battered with water, wheat flour, corn starch, yellow corn flour, salt, brea

As written on the pack

CHICKEN**, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN STARCH, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR (OREGANO), BREADED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, YEAST, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, SALT, BATTERED WITH WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, CORN STARCH, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SALT, BREA

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 78 cooked chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 79% of the cooked chicken here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 78 cooked chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0025317055185, last edited 2 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.