Original Fried Popcorn Chicken

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 11 ingredients to avoid

Publix Original Fried Popcorn Chicken 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 3g fiber, 32g protein and 0g 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.

Publix Original Fried Popcorn Chicken lists 36 ingredients, starting with Chicken, Water, Seasoning, Chicken Flavor and Native Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

590 kcal per serving, or 335 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Publix Original Fried Popcorn Chicken on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Publix Original Fried Popcorn Chicken scores worse than most snacks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in snacks is Mary's Gone Crackers Organic SuperSeed Seaweed & Black Sesame Crackers at 100/100.