Orange chicken with roasted almonds, edamame and rice in a sweet & spicy asian-style orange sauce, orange chicken
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Product Insight: Orange chicken with roasted almonds, edamame and rice in a sweet & spicy asian-style orange sauce, orange chicken
Orange chicken with roasted almonds, edamame and rice in a sweet & spicy asian-style orange sauce, orange chicken by Lean cousine Nestlé is tracked in PlainIngredients with 3 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4.3 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is C, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 3 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
Sauce and chicken: water, cooked sesame breaded chicken tenderloins (chicken tenderloins, water, wheat flour, yellow corn flour, sesame seeds, contains 2% or less of soy sauce [wheat, soybeans, salt], corn starch, salt, sugar, roasted sesame oil, leavening [cream of tartar, baking soda], rice flour, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavor, soybean oil, yeast), orange juice concentrate, sugar, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt), corn starch, chili garlic sauce (salted chili peppers [chili peppers, salt], sugar, water, rice vinegar, dried garlic, salt, corn starch), white vinegar, honey, molasses, garlic, ginger, potassium chloride, orange peel, dried red bell peppers, spices, citric acid, orange oil. rice and vegetable mix: cooked enriched long grain rice (water, rice, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid), red peppers, yellow carrots, edamame soybeans, almonds, sesame oil.
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Lean cousine Nestlé
- Barcode
- 0013800166111
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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