Trader Joe's Nutri-Score A NOVA 1

Chile Lime Chicken Burgers

Chile Lime Chicken Burgers: 4/5 ingredient safety

Chile Lime Chicken Burgers by Trader Joe's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 1

Meats and their products / Frozen foods / Meat preparations / Chicken and its products / Chicken preparations / Meat patties / Chicken patties

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Chile Lime Chicken Burgers, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Chile Lime Chicken Burgers 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 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
A
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

1
NOVA Group 1
Unprocessed or minimally processed

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods are whole foods that have been altered only by removal of inedible parts, drying, crushing, filtering, or pasteurization.

Full Ingredients List

Ground Chicken, Onions, Bell Peppers, Garlic, Cilantro, Natural Flavor Salt, Lime Juice Concentrate, Red Pepper Flakes

Product Details

Barcode
00152617
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
1 — Unprocessed or minimally processed
Available In
United States
Stores
Trader Joe's

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Frequently asked questions

How does Chile Lime Chicken Burgers's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Chile Lime Chicken Burgers'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 Chile Lime Chicken Burgers?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Chile Lime Chicken Burgers'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.