Popcorn Chicken
Popcorn Chicken by Kroger has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Popcorn Chicken has 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 Popcorn Chicken sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3 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
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
chicken breast meat with rib meat, wheat flour, water, contains 2% or less of: salt, modified corn starch, bleached wheat flour, sugar, spices, sodium phospates, caramel color, extractives of paprika, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodiun bicarbonate), yeast, dextrose, spice extractives, onio powder, extractives of garlic, contains: wheat, distriruted ry
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110853813
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Popcorn Chicken's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Popcorn Chicken's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3/5 rating on Popcorn Chicken?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Popcorn Chicken's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is 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.