Brand
Lean Cuisine
Made by
Nestlé USA
Aisle
Frozen meals, pizza and nuggets
Kind
frozen dinners
Barcode
00013800552396

Lean Cuisine

Lean Cuisine Favorites Chicken Fried Rice

Single-serve frozen entree of chicken, rice, egg and vegetables in a soy-based sauce.

Label check

Flagged ingredients1

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

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL

Ingredients as listed

COOKED ENRICHED LONG GRAIN RICE (WATER, RICE, IRON, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID), COOKED WHITE MEAT CHICKEN (WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, WATER, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SEASONING [DRIED CHICKEN BROTH, CHICKEN POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT), WATER, CARROTS, PEAS, COOKED SCRAMBLED WHOLE EGGS (WHOLE EGGS, SKIM MILK, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN STARCH, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID), GREEN ONIONS, TAMARI SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, SUGAR), 2% OR LESS OF GARLIC, SESAME OIL, CHICKEN BROTH, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SRIRACHA SAUCE (CHILI PEPPERS, SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC, CHILI EXTRACT, BEET POWDER), GINGER PUREE (GINGER, WATER, CITRIC ACID), POTASSIUM SALT, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, DRIED TURKEY BROTH, FLAVORING, TURKEY FAT, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, GRILL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2725487). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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