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Is Bibigo SOBABA Crunchy Glazed Chicken ultra-processed?

48 oz Chicken nuggets Sold in the United States

Pack of Bibigo SOBABA Crunchy Glazed Chicken

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:

  • 62 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed chicken nuggets

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

Battered Chicken Ingredients (Chicken meat), water, wheat flour, modified food starch, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), rice flour, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, sugar, dextrose, maltodextrin, yeast extract, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate, calcium phosphate), onion, garlic, black pepper, xanthan gum, egg, paprika oleoresin, glaze (sugar, corn syrup, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt, vinegar)), seasoning sachet (water, rice, koji (Aspergillus oryzae)), honey, chicken broth base (chicken broth, salt, yeast extract, chicken fat, chicken, flavor, modified potato starch, garlic extract), seaweed extract seasoning (seaweed extract, maltose syrup, salt, sugar, yeast extract), bakers yeast extract, canola oil

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate

As written on the pack

Battered Chicken Ingredients: Chicken meat, water, wheat flour, modified food starch, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), rice flour, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, cultured sugar, cultured dextrose, maltodextrin, yeast extract, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate, calcium phosphate), onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, xanthan gum, egg, paprika oleoresin, glaze (sugar, corn syrup, soy sauce [water, soybeans, wheat, salt, vinegar]), seasoning sachet (water, rice, koji [Aspergillus oryzae]), honey, chicken broth base (chicken broth, salt, yeast extract, chicken fat, dried cooked chicken, flavor, modified potato starch, garlic extract), seaweed extract seasoning (seaweed extract, maltose syrup, salt, sugar, yeast extract), bakers yeast extract, canola oil. Contains: Wheat, eggs, and soy.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 53 chicken nuggets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 87% of the chicken nuggets 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 53 chicken nuggets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0807176540701, last edited 23 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.