Homestyle tenders

Name: Homestyle tenders
Brand: MorningStar Farms

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Ingredients · 14

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Common questions

Is MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders healthy?

MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders scores 38/100 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. 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.

What is in MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders?

MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders lists 14 ingredients, starting with Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Wheat Flour, Yeast, Natural Flavor and Nonfat Dry Milk. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders?

MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders compare to other poultry?

At 38/100 MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders scores worse than most poultry we have scored. A higher-scoring option in poultry is Jennie-O Ground Turkey at 100/100.

Is MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders organic?

MorningStar Farms Homestyle tenders is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.