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Hot And Spicy Chicken
Frozen Foods · 0629859117150

Hot And Spicy Chicken

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Feb 2026

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Chicken wing sections57.1%No flag›
  • Hot sauce21.4%No flag›
  • Aged cayenne peppers10.7%No flag
  • Distilled vinegar5.4%No flag›
  • Salt1.1%No flag›
  • Water1.1%No flag›
  • Soya oil1.1%No flag›
  • Chili pepper1%No flag›
  • Cellulose gum · E4660.5%Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Modified corn starch0.3%No flag›
  • Salt0.1%No flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415<0.1%No flag
  • Guar gum · E412<0.1%No flag
  • Garlic<0.1%No flag›
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Chicken broth10.7%No flag
  • Modified food starch5.4%No flag›
  • Coating2.7%No flag›
  • Modified corn starch1.3%No flag›
  • Vinegar0.7%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Spice0.2%No flag›
  • Garlic<0.1%No flag›
  • Spice extracts<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt1.1%No flag›
  • Sodium phosphate · E3391.6%No flag
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Chicken wing sections, hot sauce (aged cayenne peppers, distilled vinegar, salt, water, soybean oil, chili pepper, cellulose gum, modified corn starch, salt, xanthan gum, guar gum, garlic powder, natural flavor), chicken broth, modified food starch, seasoning (modified corn starch, vinegar, salt, spices, garlic powder, spice extracts), salt, sodium phosphate.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Feb 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 high · 1 moderate · 3 not assessed

3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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