Is Realgood Foods Co. Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks ultra-processed?

48 oz Meat preparations Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Milk proteins

12 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed meat preparations

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 with rib meat, water, chickpea flour, salt (processing marker), whey protein (ultra-processing marker), baking soda, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, whole egg, beef tallow

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Chicken breast with rib meat, water, chickpea flour, salt, whey protein concentrate, baking soda, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, whole egg, beef tallow. Contains: milk, egg.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 314 meat preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 126th. 72% of the meat preparations 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 314 meat preparations, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850074614081, last edited 1 October 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.