Buffalo Style Chicken Strips

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 7% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 73% of them.

Where the calories come from: 39% carbohydrate, 43% fat and 19% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other chicken in this aisle

1,702 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named chicken. Per 100 g their median is 129 calories, 295 mg of sodium and 7 g of protein; 1,252 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, DURUM SEMOLINA [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID]), WATER, BUFFALO STYLE CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCT [ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, ZINC OXIDE, NIACINAMIDE, FERROUS SULFATE, VITAMIN B12, COPPER GLUCONATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN], SEASONING [SALT, CANE SUGAR, DRIED ONION AND GARLIC, SPICES, HYDROLYZED CORN AND SOY PROTEIN, WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BATTERED WITH: WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SALT, RENDERED CHICKEN FAT, NONFAT DRY MILK, DEXTROSE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, TBHQ, CITRIC ACID, SPICE EXTRACTIVES, BREADED WITH: BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SALT, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LEAVENING [SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE], RICE FLOUR, YEAST, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA. BREADING IS SET IN VEGETABLE OIL, GLAZED WITH: AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPER, VINEGAR, WATER, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), HALF AND HALF (MILK AND CREAM), PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE SPREAD (AMERICAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MILKFAT, SALT, SODIUM-ALGINATE, LACTIC ACID, APOCAROTENAL [COLOR]), CHEDDAR CLUB CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SALT, ANNATTO [COLOR]), LESS THAN 2% OF CANOLA OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, ROMANO CHEESE BLEND (ROMANO CHEESE [CULTURED COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], NATURAL FLAVOR, CELLULOSE, SALT), CHEESE FLAVOR (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM), RICE WINE VINEGAR (WATER, RICE), SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, BLUE CHEESE POWDER (BLUE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES]), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO (COLOR), MUSTARD FLOUR, SPICE, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN.

The statement lists 20 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product (water, Durum Semolina [enriched with Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Apr 17, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Overhill Farms, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2035343).

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