Is Tyson Crispy Chicken Strips ultra-processed?

1360g Cooked chicken Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Sugar

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

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 strips with rib meat, wheat flour, water, contains 2% and less of the following (brown sugar (processing marker)), corn starch (processing marker), dried garlic, paprika, garlic, rice starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), spices, spice extracts, breading set in vegetable oil

As written on the pack

boneless, skinless chicken breast strips with rib meat, wheat flour, water, contains 2% or less of the following: brown sugar, corn starch, dried garlic, extractives of paprika, garlic powder, rice starch, salt, spices, spice extracts, breading set 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 8th. 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 0023700025104, last edited 18 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.