Chicken breast nuggets
- Ultra-processedGoutSafe ↗
- Main ingredient: chicken nugget patties, rated like cooked chicken breast (C)GoutSafe ↗
- Purine: up to 174 mgGoutSafe ↗
- No added sugar
- Contains yeast extractGoutSafe ↗
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 5 pieces (92 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 87 mg, at most 174 mg (43% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 189 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 174 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | cooked chicken breast |
| Fructose per serving | 0.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 0 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 1 g |
Where the purine comes from
| Ingredient | Matched GoutSafe food | Purine in that food, per 100 g | Share of the product | Purine at that share, per serving | Counted in the worst case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicken nugget patties | cooked chicken breast (C) | 175 mg | up to 100% | 161 mg | 158 mg |
| yeast | dried yeast (D) | 847 mg | up to 2% | 16 mg | 16 mg |
| bleached wheat flour | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 50% | 12 mg | under 1 mg |
| yellow corn flour | corn (A) | 12 mg | up to 17% | 2 mg | under 1 mg |
Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.
Why it's rated C
- Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
- Its main ingredient, chicken nugget patties, which GoutSafe rates like cooked chicken breast, is graded C on GoutSafe, and a product never rates safer than its main ingredient. Source on GoutSafe.
- About 87 mg of purine per serving, and at most 174 mg (43% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from chicken breast (cooked). Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 0 g of added sugar per serving.
- Yeast extract is one of the most purine-dense ingredients there is, at 847 mg per 100 g dried. Source on GoutSafe.
Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: CHICKEN NUGGET PATTIES (Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Salt, Sodium Phosphates, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Natural Flavorings), BREADER (Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Yeast, Spice, Extractives Of Paprika), BATTER (Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Salt, Spices, Guar Gum, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Garlic Powder). Fried In Vegetable Oil. CONTAINS: WHEAT.
Serving: 5 pieces (92 g). Added sugar: 0 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2775581), dated 2026-08-20. UPC 031000670894.
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