Frozen ready-made meals
Healthy Choice Power Bowls Cajun-Style Chicken & Sausage
1, 9.4 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
Why it scores 34
Healthy Choice Power Bowls Cajun-Style Chicken & Sausage scores 34 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Brown sugar: 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.
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The Receipt
Power Bowls Cajun-Style Chicken & Sausage
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Brown sugar minus 20 points
- Yeast extract minus 2.5 points
- Canola oil minus 1.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 1.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 2 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 1.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Salt 0.5 g / 100 g minus 1 points
100 − 66 = 34
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 64 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 1.5 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.4 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 6 g |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Added sugars | 0.4 g |
| Fiber | 2.3 g |
| Protein | 6.4 g |
| Salt | 0.5 g |
Serving: 1 meal (266 g)
Ingredients
- CAULIFLOWER
- SAUCE (WATER, DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO PASTE, TOMATO PUREE, ONIONS, SEASONING, TAPIOCA STARCH, GARLIC, RED PEPPER SAUCE, SUGAR, SALT, CANOLA OIL, CITRIC ACID) (not recognized)
- SEASONED COOKED CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST, WATER, OLIVE OIL, BROWN SUGAR, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS)
- LEAFY GREENS (KALE, CHARD, SPINACH)
- COOKED CHICKEN ITALIAN SAUSAGE (SKINLESS CHICKEN, SUGAR, SPICES, DEHYDRATED DICED SWEET RED PEPPERS, WATER, SALT, GRANULATED ONIONS, GRANULATED GARLIC)
- GREEN BELL PEPPERS
- RED BELL PEPPERS
- COOKED BLACK BEANS (WATER, BLACK BEANS)
- TOMATOES
Label text, as published
CAULIFLOWER, SAUCE (WATER, DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO PASTE, TOMATO PUREE, ONIONS, SEASONING [YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CHILI PEPPER POWDER, SPICES, PAPRIKA], TAPIOCA STARCH, GARLIC, RED PEPPER SAUCE [DISTILLED VINEGAR, RED PEPPER, SALT], SUGAR, SALT, CANOLA OIL, CITRIC ACID), SEASONED COOKED CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST, WATER, OLIVE OIL, BROWN SUGAR, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS), LEAFY GREENS (KALE, CHARD, SPINACH), COOKED CHICKEN ITALIAN SAUSAGE (SKINLESS CHICKEN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SUGAR, SPICES, DEHYDRATED DICED SWEET RED PEPPERS, WATER, SALT, GRANULATED ONIONS, GRANULATED GARLIC), GREEN BELL PEPPERS, RED BELL PEPPERS, COOKED BLACK BEANS (WATER, BLACK BEANS), TOMATOES.
Allergens and diets
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Healthy Choice
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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“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
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21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives
“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
ecfr.gov
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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