plant-based mandarin orange crispy chick'n

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 8 ingredients to avoid

Gardein plant-based mandarin orange crispy chick'n scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 13g protein and 19g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Gardein plant-based mandarin orange crispy chick'n lists 39 ingredients, starting with Water, Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour and Niacin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

513 kcal per serving, or 183 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Gardein plant-based mandarin orange crispy chick'n on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Gardein plant-based mandarin orange crispy chick'n scores worse than most meat alternatives we have scored. A higher-scoring option in meat alternatives is Bob's Red Mill Textured Vegetable Protein at 97/100.