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Swanson Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs

Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs

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Contaminants · 1

From lab tests of this product’s family
Swanson White Chunk Chicken Breast
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab. No published safety limit to compare against.

Total ortho-Phthalates16.2 ppbfound
Detected · no published limit
Measured in: White Premium Chunk Chicken Breast 12.5 oz

Ingredients · 13

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Common questions

Is Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs healthy?

Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs scores 7/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Swanson White Chunk Chicken Breast. 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 Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs?

Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs lists 13 ingredients, starting with White Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Modified Food Starch, Natural Flavoring and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs’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 Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs?

Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs compare to other canned goods?

At 7/100 Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs scores worse than most canned goods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in canned goods is Trader Joe's Organic Garbanzo Beans Made with Sea Salt at 98/100.

Is Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs organic?

Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs is not certified organic in our data.

Has Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Chicken breast with rib meat in water, starch, sodium phosphate; no drivers) with the other products in its family, Swanson White Chunk Chicken Breast, and 3 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs contain phthalates?

Swanson White Chunk Chicken Garlic & Herbs itself has not been tested for phthalates, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected total ortho-phthalates at 16.2 ppb in White Premium Chunk Chicken Breast 12.5 oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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