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Is Innovasian Chicken Fried Rice ultra-processed?

18 oz Meals with chicken Sold in the United States

Pack of Innovasian Chicken Fried Rice

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 1 additive

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked rice, cooked seasoned chicken white meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, chicken broth, less than 2% of (potato starch), salt, maltodextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, torula yeast), soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol (to retain freshness)), onions, carrots, scrambled eggs (whole eggs, modified food starch, citric acid), green peas, red bell peppers, contains less than 2% of each of the following (sugar), corn oil, sesame oil

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Cooked rice, cooked seasoned chicken white meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, chicken broth, less than 2% of: potato starch, salt, maltodextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, torula yeast), soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol [to retain freshness]), onions, carrots, scrambled eggs (whole eggs, modified food starch, citric acid), green peas, red bell peppers, contains less than 2% of each of the following: sugar, corn oil, sesame oil.

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.

  • 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.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 97th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0695119120154, last edited 12 September 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.