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Is Compleats Dumplings & Chicken ultra-processed?

213 g Sold in the United States

Pack of Compleats Dumplings & 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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chicken broth, dumplings (enriched wheat flour (niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole eggs, durum flour (niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, spices, sugar, yeast, turmeric), white chicken meat (white chicken meat, water, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphates), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, potato starch, chicken fat, milk protein concentrate, salt, yeast extract, soy sauce (soy sauce, maltodextrin, salt), flavoring, sugar, spices

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BROTH, DUMPLINGS (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, WHOLE EGGS, ENRICHED DURUM FLOUR [NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, YEAST, TURMERIC), WHITE CHICKEN MEAT (WHITE CHICKEN MEAT, WATER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, POTATO STARCH, CHICKEN FAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, SOY SAUCE POWDER (SOY SAUCE, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT), FLAVORING, SUGAR, SPICES.

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.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
4 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0037600387828, last edited 18 January 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.