Swanson Meal Chicken & Dumplings

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 10 ingredients to avoid

Swanson Meal Chicken & Dumplings 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.

Swanson Meal Chicken & Dumplings lists 30 ingredients, starting with Chicken Stock, Water, Enriched Wheat Flour [wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour and Niacin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Swanson Meal Chicken & Dumplings scores worse than most frozen meals we have scored. A higher-scoring option in frozen meals is Amy's Spinach & Ricotta Cheese Ravioli Bowl at 92/100.