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Is Janes Chicken Nuggets ultra-processed?

700g Chicken nuggets Sold in Canada

Pack of Janes Chicken Nuggets

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Chicken breast, Water, wheat, Canola oil, wheat flour, Wheat flour, Modified corn starch, Soy protein isolate, Rice starch, Salt, Pea fibre, Sugar, Baking powder, Spices, Spice extracts, Natural flavour, Ingrédients (Poitrine de poulet), Eau, Chapelure de blé grillée, Huile de canola, Farine de blé à grain entier, Farine de blé, Amidon de maïs modifié, Isolat de protéine de soya, Amidon de riz, Sel, Fibre de pois, Sucre, Poudre à pâte, Epices, Extraits d'épice, Saveur naturelle, Peut contenir (Œufs, MADE IN CANADA FROM DOMESTIC and IMPORTED INGREDIENTS +FABRIQUÉ AU CANADA À PARTIR D'INGRÉDIENTS NATIONAUX ET IMPORTÉS Ο Follow us @janes_foods for exclusive deals and recipes)

As written on the pack

Chicken breast, Water, Toasted wheat crumbs, Canola oil, Whole grain wheat flour, Wheat flour, Modified corn starch, Soy protein isolate, Rice starch, Salt, Pea fibre, Sugar, Baking powder, Spices, Spice extracts, Natural flavour. May contain: Egg. Ingrédients: Poitrine de poulet, Eau, Chapelure de blé grillée, Huile de canola, Farine de blé à grain entier, Farine de blé, Amidon de maïs modifié, Isolat de protéine de soya, Amidon de riz, Sel, Fibre de pois, Sucre, Poudre à pâte, Epices, Extraits d'épice, Saveur naturelle. Peut contenir : Œufs. MADE IN CANADA FROM DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED INGREDIENTS +FABRIQUÉ AU CANADA À PARTIR D'INGRÉDIENTS NATIONAUX ET IMPORTÉS Ο Follow us @janes_foods for exclusive deals and recipes.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 53 chicken nuggets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 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 0069299126907, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.