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Is Tyson Chicken ultra-processed?

40 oz Cooked chicken Sold in the United States

Pack of Tyson Chicken

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
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed cooked 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

boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, rice starch, salt, breaded with (wheat flour), water, salt, corn starch, spices, brown sugar, dried garlic, paprika, and spice extracts, breading salt in vegetable oil

As written on the pack

boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, rice starch, salt, breaded with: wheat flour, water, salt, corn starch, spices, brown sugar, dried garlic, extractives of paprika, and spice extracts, breading salt in vegetable oil,

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 78 cooked chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 79% of the cooked chicken 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 78 cooked chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0023700018663, last edited 9 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.