Cereals and their products
Healthy Choice Pineapple Chicken
9.9 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains emulsifiers studied for gut effects
- Contains seed oils
Why it scores 21
Healthy Choice Pineapple Chicken scores 21 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Dextrose: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Fruit juice concentrate (sweetener): An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
The Receipt
Pineapple Chicken
Ingredients
- Dextrose minus 20 points
- Fruit juice concentrate (sweetener) minus 20 points
- Brown sugar minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 6 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 7.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 5.4 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 0.4 g / 100 g minus 1 points
100 − 79.5 = 20.5 → 21
Can’t score above 79. Contains dextrose, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 104 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 1.6 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.4 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 16.1 g |
| Sugars | 5.4 g |
| Added sugars | 2.9 g |
| Fiber | 1.1 g |
| Protein | 5.7 g |
| Salt | 0.4 g |
Serving: 1 meal (280 g)
Ingredients
- Cooked rice (water, white rice)
- cooked chicken (chicken breast, water, olive oil, isolated soy protein product, dextrose, potassium chloride, salt, sodium phosphates, flavoring)
- water
- water chestnuts
- pineapple
- edamame
- red bell peppers
- pineapple juice concentrate (high concern)
- brown sugar (high concern)
- rice vinegar
- soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol, vinegar, lactic acid)
- modified corn starch
- chicken flavor (chicken broth, salt, chicken fat)
- garlic
- onions
- chardonnay wine
- cooking wine (white wine, natural flavor, salt)
- ginger
- canola oil
- chili paste (red chili peppers, distilled vinegar, salt, xanthan gum)
- crushed red pepper
- turmeric
Label text, as published
Cooked rice (water, white rice), cooked chicken (chicken breast, water, olive oil, contains 2% or less of: isolated soy protein product [isolated soy protein, modified potato starch, corn starch, carrageenan, soy lecithin], dextrose, potassium chloride, salt, sodium phosphates, flavoring), water, water chestnuts, pineapple, edamame, red bell peppers, pineapple juice concentrate, brown sugar, contains 2% or less of: rice vinegar, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol, vinegar, lactic acid), modified corn starch, chicken flavor (chicken broth, salt, chicken fat), garlic, onions, chardonnay wine, cooking wine (white wine, natural flavor, salt), ginger, canola oil, chili paste (red chili peppers, distilled vinegar, salt, xanthan gum), crushed red pepper, turmeric. contains: soy, wheat.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Soy, Wheat, Gluten
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
“carboxymethylcellulose and polysorbate-80, induced low-grade inflammation and obesity/metabolic syndrome in wild-type hosts and promoted robust colitis in mice predisposed to this disorder.”
doi.org
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“Relative to control subjects, CMC consumption modestly increased postprandial abdominal discomfort and perturbed gut microbiota composition in a way that reduced its diversity.”
doi.org
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“This study found positive associations between risk of CVD and intake of five individual and two groups of food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods.”
doi.org
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org