Tyson NOVA 4

All natural frozen chicken nuggets

All natural frozen chicken nuggets: 4/5 ingredient safety

All natural frozen chicken nuggets by Tyson has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meats and their products / Frozen foods / Meat preparations / Meats / Chicken and its products / Poultries / Chicken preparations / Breaded products / Chickens / Cooked poultries / Cooked chicken / Poultry nuggets / Breaded

How This Score Is Built

All natural frozen chicken nuggets draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where All natural frozen chicken nuggets sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

chicken, water, salt, and natural flavor, breaded with: wheat flour, water, wheat starch, white whole wheat flour, salt, contains 2% or less of the following: yellow corn flour, corn starch, dried onion, dried garlic, dried yeast, brown sugar, extractives of paprika, and spices, breading set in vegetable oil,

Product Details

Brand
Tyson
Barcode
0023700028471
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does All natural frozen chicken nuggets's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, All natural frozen chicken nuggets's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on All natural frozen chicken nuggets?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. All natural frozen chicken nuggets's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.