Is Tyson Popcorn Chicken ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 13 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed breaded chicken
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
White meat chicken, wheat flour, water, brown sugar (processing marker), dried garlic, paprika, food starch (processing marker), garlic powder, rice starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), spice extracts, spices, vegetable oil (processing marker)
As written on the pack
White meat chicken, wheat flour, water, brown sugar, dried garlic, extractives of paprika, food starch, garlic powder, rice starch, salt, spice extracts, spices, 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 115 breaded chicken
From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 83% of the breaded chicken here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0023700060129, last edited 18 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.