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Is liveGfree Chicken Breast Bites ultra-processed?

Chicken nuggets Sold in the United States

Pack of liveGfree Chicken Breast Bites

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed breaded chicken

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, wat corn starch, rice flour, yellow corn flour, potato starch, yellow corn meal, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), sea salt, garlic, yeast extract, onion, egg white powder, fully cooked in vegetable oil (canola)

Additives: E336 Potassium tartrates , E336i Monopotassium tartrate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BREAST, WAT CORN STARCH, RICE FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, YELLOW CORN MEAL, LEAVENING (CREAM OF TARTAR, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SEA SALT, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, EGG WHITE POWDER. FULLY COOKED IN VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA) ALLERGENS: CONTAINS EGG.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 53 chicken nuggets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 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 4099100196221, last edited 9 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.