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Is Barber Foods Cordon Bleu Raw Stuffed Chicken Breasts ultra-processed?

36 oz Chickens Sold in the United States

Pack of Barber Foods Cordon Bleu Raw Stuffed Chicken Breasts

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:

  • 68 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed chickens

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 breast with rib meat (containing up to 12% of a solution of water, salt, yeast extract, chicken broth, maltodextrin, dextrose, sugar, natural flavors, spices, chicken fat, corn syrup solids, citric acid, hydrolyzed corn gluten, concentrated lemon juice), pasteurized process swiss, american cheese (swiss cheese (cultured milk, skim milk, salt, enzymes), american cheese (cultured milk, skim milk, salt, enzymes), cream, sodium phosphate, salt), enriched wheat flour (with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), fully cooked ham with natural juices (cured with (water), salt, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF THE FOLLOWING (dextrose), vinegar, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), water, potatoes (potatoes, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, dextrose), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (paprika, turmeric), modified corn starch, natural flavors, parmesan cheese (milk, cultures, enzymes, salt), salt, spices, sugar, vegetable oil, yeast, yellow corn flour

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E316 Sodium erythorbate , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT (CONTAINING UP TO 12% OF A SOLUTION OF WATER, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, CHICKEN BROTH, MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES, CHICKEN FAT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CITRIC ACID, HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, CONCENTRATED LEMON JUICE), PASTEURIZED PROCESS SWISS AND AMERICAN CHEESE (SWISS CHEESE [CULTURED MILK AND SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], AMERICAN CHEESE [CULTURED MILK AND SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT), ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), FULLY COOKED HAM WITH NATURAL JUICES (CURED WITH: WATER, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: DEXTROSE, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE), WATER, DEHYDRATED POTATOES (POTATOES, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DEXTROSE), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA AND TURMERIC, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, ENZYMES, SALT), SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL, YEAST, YELLOW CORN FLOUR

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.

  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
6 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 329th. 74% of the chickens 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 356 chickens, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0031602000129, last edited 18 September 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.