Instant bouillon powder, chicken

Instant bouillon powder, chicken: 2.5/5 ingredient safety

Instant bouillon powder, chicken by Wyler Foods/Division Of Borden has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 2.5 out of 5, 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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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 Instant bouillon powder, chicken, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry 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 Instant bouillon powder, chicken sits nationally

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

2.5 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

2.5
Caution
Average ingredient safety: 2.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
--
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient 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

Salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, corn syrup solids, corn maltodextrin, chicken flavor (hydrolyzed corn protein, dehydrated cooked chicken, autolyzed yeast extract, hydrolyzed soy protein, salt, rendered chicken fat, flavor [contains milk], disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, artificial flavor, spice, thiamine hydrochloride, butter, butter oil), onion powder, hydrolyzed vegetable protein (hydrolyzed corn gluten, yeast extract, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), rendered chicken fat (chicken fat, bha, propyl gallate, citric acid), contains less than 2% of: silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), hydrolyzed corn protein (hydrolyzed corn protein, soybean oil), roasted chicken type flavor (chicken flavor, corn maltodextrin, salt, hydrolyzed gelatin, alpha tocopherol), chicken flavor (dehydrated cooked chicken, corn maltodextrin, chicken fat, natural flavor, salt, autolyzed yeast extract), salt blend (salt, spice extractive), disodium inosinate an

Product Details

Barcode
0041258081601
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Instant bouillon powder, chicken above or below average on ingredient safety?

Instant bouillon powder, chicken scores 2.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 2.5/5 rating on Instant bouillon powder, chicken?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Instant bouillon powder, chicken's mapped ingredients average out to 2.5/5, which is the Caution 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.