Is Swanson canned chicken ultra-processed?

Chickens 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:

Modified starch

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed chickens

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

white chicken breast with rib meat, water, contains less than 2% of salt, modified food starch (ultra-processing marker), rice starch (processing marker), sodium phosphate by campbells campbell soup company camden, nj, u.s.a, 08103-1701 2% the ingredients from corn in this product come from genetically modified crops, for information about gmo ingredients, visit (whatsinmyfood.com chicken meat with), recommend use by date on container, caution metal edges are sharp, promptly refrigerate used 17% product in separate container, questions and comments? call us at 1-800-442-7684, www.campbells.com 0% 0% 4916 51000 = no dded msg steel recycle where facilities available 201

As written on the pack

white chicken breast with rib meat, water, contains less than 2% of salt, modified food starch, rice starch, sodium phosphate by campbells campbell soup company camden, nj, u.s.a. 08103-1701 2% the ingredients from corn in this product come from genetically modified crops. for information about gmo ingredients, visit: whatsinmyfood.com chicken meat with - no antibiotics - recommend use by date on container. caution metal edges are sharp. promptly refrigerate used 17% product in separate container. questions or comments? call us at 1-800-442-7684. 0% www.campbells.com 0% 0% 4916 51000 = no dded msg steel recycle where facilities available 201

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.

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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 108th. 74% of the chickens 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 356 chickens, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051000233554, last edited 5 September 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.