Banquet Chicken Nuggets

Name: Banquet Chicken Nuggets
Brand: Banquet

Breaded chicken nugget patties in a large resealable bag.

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Flagged ingredients2

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsSoybean oil, Vegetable oil (not named)
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Soybean oil	Seed oils	SOYBEAN OIL
Vegetable oil (not named)	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OIL

Ingredients as listed

CHICKEN NUGGET PATTIES (Chicken, Water, Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Sodium Phosphates, Natural Flavorings), BREADER (Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Spice, Soybean Oil, Yeast, Extractives Of Paprika), BATTER (Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Salt, Spices, Guar Gum, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Garlic Powder). Fried In Vegetable Oil. CONTAINS: WHEAT.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2736125). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More chicken and fish first, then the rest of the frozen meals, pizza and nuggets aisle. Each passes all five checks.

Banquet Chicken Nuggets

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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