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Is Healthy Choice Southwest-Style Chicken Burrito Bowl ultra-processed?

Poultry meals Sold in the United States

Pack of Healthy Choice Southwest-Style Chicken Burrito Bowl

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 B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

corn, green bell peppers, black beans, water, black beans, water, guajillo pepper puree, dried guajillo chile peppers, tomato paste, onions, corn starch, garlic, contains 2% and less of (sugar), butter, cream, salt, canola oil, salt, distilled vinegar, ancho chile peppers, cumin, apple cider vinegar, oregano, brown rice, water, brown rice, chicken breast, water, sugar, sea salt, olive oil, isolated soy protein, isolated soy product, rice starch, natural flavoring, cotija cheese, part-skim milk, salt, enzymes

As written on the pack

corn, green bell peppers, cooked black beans, water, black beans, water, guajillo pepper puree, dried guajillo chile peppers, tomato paste, onions, corn starch, garlic, contains 2% or less of: sugar, butter, cream, salt, canola oil, salt, distilled vinegar, ancho chile peppers, ground cumin, apple cider vinegar, oregano, cooked brown rice, water, brown rice, chicken breast, water, sugar, sea salt, olive oil, isolated soy protein, isolated soy product, rice starch, natural flavoring, cotija cheese, part-skim milk, salt, enzymes

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.
7 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 233 poultry meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 69th. 78% of the poultry meals 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 233 poultry meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072655555556, last edited 29 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.