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Is Kidfresh Chicken Meatballs ultra-processed?

16.45 oz Frozen meats Sold in the United States

Pack of Kidfresh Chicken Meatballs

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed frozen meats

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, Vegetables (Celery, Onions, Carrots), Water, Bread Crumbs (Whole Wheat Flour, Yeast, Molasses, Sea Salt), Rice Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Sea Salt, Yeast Extract, Garlic, Black Pepper, Thyme, Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Canola Oil

As written on the pack

Chicken, Vegetables (Celery, Onions, Carrots), Water, Whole Grain Bread Crumbs (Whole Wheat Flour, Yeast, Molasses, Sea Salt), Rice Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Sea Salt, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Thyme, Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Expeller Pressed Canola Oil

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 83 frozen meats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 59% of the frozen meats 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 83 frozen meats, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810882011441, last edited 25 March 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.