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Is Trader Ming's Shiitake Mushroom Chicken ultra-processed?

22 oz (1 lb 6 oz) 624 g Frozen meals with meat Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Ming's Shiitake Mushroom Chicken

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Dark Meat Chicken Chunks (Dark Meat Chicken Chunks), Water, Whole Eggs, Soy Bean Oil, Cornstarch, Salt, White Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, Green Onion, Vegetable Packet (Shiitake Mushrooms), Green Beans, Edamame Soybeans, Sauce Packet (Water), Stir-Fry Sauce Wheat Flour, Soybeans, Salt, Sugar, Straw Mushroom, Modified Corn Starch, Garlic, Sugar, White Pepper, Ginger, Green Onion

As written on the pack

Dark Meat Chicken Chunks: Dark Meat Chicken Chunks, Water, Whole Eggs, Soy Bean Oil, Cornstarch, Salt, White Pepper, Garlic, Ginger, Green Onion. Vegetable Packet: Shiitake Mushrooms, Green Beans, Edamame Soybeans. Sauce Packet: Water, Vegetarian Stir-Fry Sauce Wheat Flour, Soybeans, Salt, Sugar, Straw Mushroom Extractives), Modified Corn Starch, Garlic, Sugar, White Pepper, Ginger And Green Onion. CONTAINS EGGS, SOY, WHEAT.

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.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 frozen meals with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 90% of the frozen meals with meat 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 21 frozen meals with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00540346, last edited 3 August 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.