Is Country Pride Chicken breast tenders ultra-processed?

5 LB Chickens Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt

16 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

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

contains up to 15% water, salt (processing marker), sodium phosphates, BREADED and BATTERED WITH (wheat flour), water, salt (processing marker), spice, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, onion, paprika, less than 2% soybean oil added as a processing aid, predusted with (wheat flour, breading set in vegetable oil)

Additives: E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate

As written on the pack

*CONTAINS UP TO 15% WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES. BREADED AND BATTERED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SALT, SPICE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, ONION POWDER, PAPRIKA, LESS THAN 2% SOYBEAN OIL ADDED AS A PROCESSING AID. PREDUSTED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR. BREADING SET IN VEGETABLE OIL. CONTAINS: WHEAT

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 88th. 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 0077013163770, last edited 2 November 2025), 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.