Food · Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's Mandarin Orange Chicken
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Okay nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Better than most of Frozen — 14 of 22 sit at or below this number.
This pack is on an ongoing recall
Class II. Foreign objects are glass varying in size from 1-3cm long and 2-4mm wide.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Better than most of Frozen — 14 of 22 sit at or below this number.
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
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It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- Okay nutrition cannot be rated Excellent
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- An okay nutrition box
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Okay
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
1 additive
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 49/100 · nutrition okay
- Nutrition quality50/100
- Ingredients95/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good. A factory recipe is a treat, not a habit.
What pulled it down
Okay nutrition cannot be rated Excellent
The box is middling. That is fine as a sometimes food. It is not everyday Excellent.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
An okay nutrition box
About 3 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. Salt is moderate. Middling — fine sometimes.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Monosodium glutamate
-5Flavour enhancer. Safe for most; a subset reports sensitivity.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 920 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 12 gMedium A little sugar — about 3 teaspoons in 100 g. |
| Saturated fat | 2 gMedium |
| Salt | 1.1 gMedium A moderate amount of salt. |
| Fibre | 1 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Fruit, veg, nuts | 4 % |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Chicken, batter, sauce (sugar, soy sauce, orange juice concentrate), MSG.
Sugar
Low concernNot a toxin. A teaspoon is a teaspoon. The issue is how many hide in drinks and breakfast.
Monosodium glutamateE621
−5Safe for most. A few people report a reaction; most do not.
Chicken
No concernNamed chicken is the goal. ‘By-product meal’ is a stretch.
Wheat flour
No concernContains gluten. Otherwise a staple.
Soy
No concernEU major allergen. Protein source; isolate and concentrate are factory ingredients.
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