Progresso Chicken & Orzo with Lemon

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 8 ingredients to avoid

Progresso Chicken & Orzo with Lemon 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. 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.

Progresso Chicken & Orzo with Lemon lists 27 ingredients, starting with Chicken Broth, Cooked White Chicken Meat, Semolina Wheat, Egg White Powder and Spinach. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Progresso Chicken & Orzo with Lemon scores worse than most canned goods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in canned goods is Trader Joe's Organic Pitted Kalamata Olives in Brine with Extra Virgin Olive Oil at 100/100.