Chicken, Zesty Orange

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 97% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 56% of them.

Where the calories come from: 60% carbohydrate, 13% fat and 27% 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; 965 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): FRIED RICE (COOKED WHITE RICE, CARROTS, CELERY, SCRAMBLED EGG WHITE PRODUCT [EGG WHITES, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NONFAT MILK, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SOYBEAN OIL, CARRAGEENAN, SALT, NATURAL EGG FLAVOR, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO {COLOR}], PEAS, SOY SAUCE [WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE {PRESERVATIVE}], RED BELL PEPPERS, GINGER PUREE [GINGER, WATER, PHOSPHORIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM], WATER, GREEN ONIONS, SESAME OIL, GRILLED CHICKEN FLAVOR [YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, CHICKEN POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, SOY SAUCE SOLIDS {SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT}, TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, CHICKEN FAT, SOY FLOUR, TORULA YEAST, FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID, GRILL FLAVOR {SOYBEAN OIL}, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE, SMOKE FLAVOR], SOYBEAN OIL, CHOMI FLAVOR [NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS], ORIENTAL SEASONED BASE [SAUTEED GINGER, CHILI GARLIC SAUCE {CHILI PEPPERS, GARLIC, WATER, SALT, SUGAR, RICE VINEGAR, ACETIC ACID, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH}, MALTODEXTRIN, SESAME OIL, SALT, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, SOYBEANS, WATER, CORN STARCH, SPICE, WHEAT, NATURAL FLAVORING, BROWN SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, VINEGAR, YEAST EXTRACT], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, YEAST EXTRACT [YEAST EXTRACT, SALT], SALT, BUTTER FLAVOR [DEHYDRATED BUTTER, BUTTERMILK POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH], SPICE), COOKED CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, FLAVORING [DEXTROSE, SALT, CORN OIL, SOY SAUCE {WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT}, TOMATO PUREE, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, POTATO STARCH, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORING], MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE [SODIUM CASEINATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE], SODIUM PHOSPHATES, CHICKEN BASE [CHICKEN MEAT INCLUDING CHICKEN JUICES, SALT, CHICKEN FAT, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, DRIED WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORING, YEAST EXTRACT, TURMERIC {COLOR}], LACTIC ACID), ORANGE SAUCE (WATER, SUGAR, SOY SAUCE [WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE {PRESERVATIVE}], ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, APPLE CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, LEMON JUICE [WATER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE], GINGER PUREE [GINGER, WATER, PHOSPHORIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM], HOISIN SAUCE [SUGAR, SOY PASTE {WATER, SOYBEAN, SALT, WHEAT FLOUR}, RICE VINEGAR, SALTED GARLIC {GARLIC, SALT}, SESAME OIL, SALTED CHILI {CHILI PEPPERS, WATER, SALT}, SPICES], CRUSHED CHILI PEPPERS), BROCCOLI.

The statement lists 4 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Fried Rice (cooked White Rice, Carrots, Celery. 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 Sep 7, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Glencourt Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2657016).

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