Kroger Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Chicken Breast Fillets

Chicken Breast Fillets: 3.4/5 ingredient safety

Chicken Breast Fillets by Kroger has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.4 out of 5, 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meats and their products / Meats / Chicken and its products / Poultries / Chickens / Chicken breasts

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 5 of 5 ingredients tracked for Chicken Breast Fillets have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Chicken Breast Fillets sits nationally

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

3.4 Top 91% higher than 9% 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

3.4
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.4 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
2
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score
2 ingredients flagged for safety concerns

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

Boneless skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, wheat flour, sugar, salt, modified wheat starch, yeast extract, monosodium glutamate, wheat gluten, spices (including celery seed), dextrose, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), sodium phosphates, onion powder, garlic powder, soybean oil, cornstarch, sodium diacetate, citric acid, natural flavor, extractive of paprika, celery seed, paprika, vegetable oil (for breading). Contains wheat.

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chicken Breast Fillets: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110155375
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

How does Chicken Breast Fillets's safety score compare to other products?

Chicken Breast Fillets scores 3.4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 91% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.4/5 rating on Chicken Breast Fillets?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Chicken Breast Fillets's 3.4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.