Chicken Tenders Roundup
We analyzed 97 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Finding the perfect Chicken Tenders shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 97 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.
Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Chicken Tenders you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.
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The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chickenless crispy tenders
Ingredients: Water, Breading (Unbleached Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Whole Grain Flour Blend [Amaranth, Quinoa, Millet, Sorghum, Teff], Leavening [Cream Of Tartar, Sodium Bicarbonate], Salt, Rice Flour, Sugar, Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Oat Bran, Dextrose, Spices, Yeast, Paprika Extract [For Color]), Soy Flour, Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Gluten, Wheat Starch, Sodium Carbonate, Mixed Tocopherols), Wheat Gluten, Expeller Pressed Canola Oil, Methyl Cellulose, Natural Flavors, Soy Protein Isolate. Contains Soy, Wheat.
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Breaded Chicken Breast Tenders
Ingredients: Organic Chicken Breast Meat Tenders, Marinated in SEPARATE FROM OTHER FOODS. Water and Sea Salt. Breaded with Organic Gluten Fee TINCLUDING CUTTING BOARDS), Crumb (Organic Rice Four, Organic Tapioca Starch, UTENSILS, AND HANDS AFTER Xanthan Gum, Yeast, Organic Cane Sugar, Sea Salt. LTOUCHING RAW MEAT OR POULTRY Organic Sunflower Oil Processing Aid), Organic Yellow Com Rour, Organic Rice Four, Organic Com Starch, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Tamari Soy Sauce (Organic Soybeans,Salt), Organic Maltodextrin, Sea Salt, Organic Garlic Powder, Organic Onion Powder, Organic Died Chicken Stock, Organic SweetWhey Powder, Organic Tumeric, Organic Black Pepper, Organic Guar Gum. Flash fried in Organic Expeller Pressed Soybean Oil to set breading. ALLERGEN INFORMATION: Contains Milk, Soybeans. KEEP. RAW MEAT AND POULTRY WASH WORKING SURFACES Produced B FREDERICK Certified O PC Certified Or GLUTEN FREE HATCHED, F HARVESTED bellandeva Β© Bell & Evar
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Homestyle chicken tenders
Ingredients: organic chicken breast meat marinated in water, organic rice starch, sea salt, organic evaporated cane sugar, organic spices including paprika and organic celery, organic spice extractives, natural flavor, organic wheat flour, organic cane sugar, organic tapioca starch, sea salt, organic non fat milk, organic egg white, organic leavening [cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate], organic spices including paprika.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chickenless tenders
Ingredients: WATER, BREAD (WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, YEAST, PAPRIKA, SPICE AND COLORING), SOY PROTEIN, SUNFLOWER OIL, WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT FIBER, WHEAT GLUTEN, LESSTHAN 2% OF: WHEAT STARCH, VINEGAR, CELLULOSE, SALT, YEASTEXTRACT, PSYLLIUM, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORING, SPICES, CITRIC ACID. CONTAINS: SOY, WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN TREE NUTS AND PEANUTS.
The Good
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Contains Peanut

Chicken Tenders
Ingredients: CHICKEN BREAST MEAT, WATER, SEA SALT, RICE STARCH, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, RICE FLOUR, WATER, YELLOW CORN MEAL, SEA SALT, DEXTROSE, CORN STARCH, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SPICE, YEAST EXTRACT, BLACK PEPPER, TURMERIC POWDER, OREGANO, ROSEMARY, NON-HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CANOLA OIL
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Panko Chicken Breast Tenders
Ingredients: BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SEA SALT, CORN STARCH, DISTILLED VINEGAR, NATURAL CHICKEN FLAVOR, SPICES, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE), YEAST, CANOLA OIL, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUAR GUM, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA (COLOR), FLAXSEED MEAL. ALLERGENS: _SOY, WHEAT_.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Gluten Free Chicken Breast Tenders
Ingredients: chicken** breast tenders, rice flour, water, tapioca starch, contains less than 2% of the following: corn starch, sea salt, cane sugar, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), raisin juice concentrate, garlic powder, onion powder. extractives of paprika and tumeric, celery seed, black pepper, breading set in expeller pressed canola oil.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Breaded Chicken Breast Tenders
Ingredients: Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Rice Starch, Sea Salt, Extract of Oregano, Water, Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Cane Sugar, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Guar Gum, Soybean Oil, Sodium Bicarbonate, Chicken Type Flavor, Annatto, Turmeric, Wheat Flour, Sea Salt, Ground Paprika, Sodium Bicarbonate, Yeast, Cane Sugar, Black Pepper, Soybean Oil, Annatto, Extractives of Capsicum
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Bell & evans, breaded chicken breast tenders
Ingredients: Chicken breast meat tenders, water, sea salt, breaded in unbleached wheat flour, water, sea salt, evaporated cane juice, dried yeast, spices, paprika. flash fried in soybean oil to set breading.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Blackened Flavored Chicken Tenders
Ingredients: BONELESS, SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: CITRIC ACID, CORN STARCH, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION, NATURAL FLAVORS, PAPRIKA, SALT, SPICES, VINEGAR, YEAST EXTRACT. SAUTEED IN VEGETABLE OIL
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chicken breast tenders
Ingredients: Boneless skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, wheat flour, yellow corn flour. contains 2% or less of the following: isolated soy protein, sea salt, corn starch, distilled vinegar, natural chicken flavor, sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate), yeast, spices, canola oil, salt, natural flavor, garlic powder, onion powder, guar gum, extractive of paprika, flax meal.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Spicy Chicken Tenders
Ingredients: Chicken breast, water, rice flour, dried cauliflower, brown rice flour, organic yellow corn flour, rice starch. contains 2% or less of the following: tapioca starch, salt, seasoning (chicken broth, natural flavor), sea salt, spices, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), organic corn starch, torula yeast, lactic acid powder, calcium lactate, garlic powder, onion powder, extractives of paprika, paprika.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chicken breast tenders
Ingredients: *CONTAINS UP TO 15% WATER, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES. BREADED AND BATTERED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SALT, SPICE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, ONION POWDER, PAPRIKA, LESS THAN 2% SOYBEAN OIL ADDED AS A PROCESSING AID. PREDUSTED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR. BREADING SET IN VEGETABLE OIL. CONTAINS: WHEAT
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chicken Tenders
Ingredients: chicken breast, water, rice flour, dried cauliflower, brown rice flour, contains 2% or less of the following: tapioca starch, salt, seasoning (chicken broth, natural flavor), organic corn starch, rice starch, organic yellow corn flour, sea salt, garlic powder, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), onion powder, spices, paprika, lactic acid powder, calcium lactate, torula yeast, extractives of paprika,
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Lightly Breaded Chicken Strips
Ingredients: Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Chickpea Flour, Whey Protein Concentrate, Salt, Baking Soda, Paprika, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Whole Egg. Fried in Grapeseed Oil, Safflower Oil, Sunflower Oil, and/or Non-GMO Canola Oil.
The Good
- β Sugar Free
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chicken Breast Tenders
Ingredients: Boneless chicken breast with rib meat, water. contains less than 2% of salt, onion powder, garlic powder. breaded with: wheat flour, water, yellow corn flour, dextrose, sugar, salt, yeast. contains less than 2% of spice, extractives of paprika, soybean oil, guar gum, garlic powder, natural flavors.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chicken Breast Tenders
Ingredients: chicken breast tenders, rice flour, water, tapioca starch, contains less than 2% of the following: corn starch, sea salt, cane sugar, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), raisin juice concentrate, garlic powder, onion powder, extractives of paprika and turmeric, celery seed, black pepper. breading set in expeller pressed canola oil.
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Chicken Tenders
Ingredients: organic boneless chicken breast with rib meat, water, organic rice flour, organic yellow corn flour, organic yellow corn meal, contains less than 2% of sea salt, organic corn starch, organic garlic powder, organic cane sugar, organic onion powder, raisin juice concentrate, organic honey, organic white pepper, organic black pepper, organic yeast extract,
The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

Pasture Raised Air Chilled Chicken Tenders
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The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Low Sugar
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed

The Good
- β Excellent Health Score
- β Sugar Free
- β Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- β Ultra Processed
