Meat Preparations Roundup
We analyzed 182 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 5)

Cooked Meatballs Italian Style Beef
Ingredients: GROUND BEEF, WATER BREAD CRUMBS (ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SALT, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE) VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA &/OR SUNFLOWER), DEXTROSE, YEAST, SPICE EXTRACTIVES), SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, DEXTROSE, SALT, MUSTARD, SPICES, DEHYDRATED GREEN BEL PEPPER, DEHYDRATED RED BELL PEPPER, PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), ROMANO CHEESE FROM COW'S MILK (CULTURED PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), DEHYDRATED GARLIC, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, CHILI PEPPER, NATURAL FLAVORS, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken Breast Nuggets
Ingredients: Chicken Breast Meat Marinated in Water and Sea Salt., Breaded with Unbleached Wheat Flour, Water, Cane Sugar, Yeast, Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Paprika., Flash fried in Organic Expeller Pressed Soybean Oil to set breading.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Great Organic Uncured Beef Hot Dog
Ingredients: ORGANIC GRASS-FED BEEF, WATER. CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF FOLLOWING: SEA SALT, ORGANIC SPICES, ORGANIC DEHYDRATED GARLIC, ORGANIC DEHYDRATED ONION, ORGANIC PAPRIKA, CULTURED CELERY POWDER.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: organic chicken, water, sea salt, organic spices, organic dried parsley, organic lemon peel, organic lemon juice powder
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic meatballs
Ingredients: organic chicken, sea salt, organic spices, vinegar, organic garlic, organic extract of rosemary. paleo v chicken raised with no antibiotics v no nitrites/ nitrates added* *except those naturally occurring in sea salt. v gluten-free
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● 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
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

TURKEY Fully Cooked Breakfast Sausage
Ingredients: Turkey, water and less than 2% of the following: potassium lactate, salt, corn syrup, dextrose, sugar, spices, sodium phosphate, natural flavoring, sodium diacetate, bha, citric acid, propyl gallate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

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

Simply Smart Lightly Breaded Chicken Chunks
Ingredients: Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Wheat Flour. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF Salt, Dried Garlic, Sugar, Wheat Gluten, Brown Sugar, Yeast, Yeast Extract, Spice, Paprika Extract, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder. CONTAINS: Wheat.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken Nuggets
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
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Beef Snack Stick
Ingredients: BEEF, WATER CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: SEA SALT, CELERY POWDER, VINEGAR, GARLIC, NATURAL FLAVORS, IN NATURAL SHEEP CASING.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

All natural frozen chicken nuggets
Ingredients: chicken, water, salt, and natural flavor, breaded with: wheat flour, water, wheat starch, white whole wheat flour, salt, contains 2% or less of the following: yellow corn flour, corn starch, dried onion, dried garlic, dried yeast, brown sugar, extractives of paprika, and spices, breading set in vegetable oil,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Egg’Wich Turkey Sausage Egg & Chers
Ingredients: Lutrition Facts Egg Patty (Whole Egg, Whole Milk, Corn Starch, Sea Salt, White Pepper). Turkey Sausage Patty (Turkey Meat, Water, ount per serving alories 190 Contains less than 2% of Potato Starch, Salt, servings per container ving size 1 Egg'Wich (111g) % Daily Value* 15% 25% al Fat 12g aturated Fat 5g Trans Fat Og lesterol 265mg in D 1mcg 88% 26% 1% 0% ium 590mg 1 Carbohydrate 3g etary Fiber Og tal Sugars 1g cludes Og Added Sugars 0% ein 17g 34% 6% Sugar, Spices), American Cheese [(Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Water, Cream, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Apo-Carotenal and Beta-Carotene (Color)]. CONTAINS: EGG, MILK TH S Aft Pa Re ar b h a
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Selects hardwood smoked uncured turkey franks
Ingredients: Turkey, water, cultured dextrose, dextrose, tapioca starch, salt, distilled white vinegar, cultured celery juice, cherry powder, dried garlic, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Plant-Based Meatballs
Ingredients: water, soy protein concentrate*, vital wheat gluten*, soy protein isolate*, expeller pressed canola oil*, enriched wheat flour* (niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), modified vegetable gum, spices, dehydrated onion, yeast extract, malted barley extract, sea salt, organic cane sugar, dehydrated garlic, natural flavors (from plant sources), vinegar, molasses, pea protein, carrot fiber, beetroot fiber, wheat starch*, soy lecithin*, extractive of paprika, extractive of turmeric, extractives of annatto,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mandarin Orange Chicken
Ingredients: breast meat chicken with rib meat, water, unbleached enriched wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, soybean oil, cornstarch, modified food starch, salt, isolated soy protein, potassium carbonate, dextrose, eggs, spices, whey solids, carrageenan, tricalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, water, sugar, distilled vinegar, soy sauce, modified cornstarch, spice, orange juice concentrate, orange oil, mandarin orange flavor
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken plus chicken breast & vegetable dino
Ingredients: Boneless chicken breast with rib meat, water, wheat flour, cauliflower, chickpea, yellow corn flour, textured wheat protein. contains 2% or less of corn starch, salt, brown sugar, dextrose, sugar, sunflower oil, yeast, isolated pea product, bamboo fiber, onion powder, garlic powder, spice, white pepper, yeast extract, psyllium husk, soybean oil, guar gum, natural extractives of paprika, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dino Nuggets
Ingredients: chicken breast with rib meat, water, whole wheat flour, wheat flour, contains 2% or less of the following: chicken broth, corn starch, dried garlic, dried onion, dried yeast, extractives of paprika, natural flavorings, salt, soybean oil, spice, sugar, yellow corn flour, breading set in vegetable oil,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baked Chicken Breast Nuggets
Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, _wheat_ flour, water, contains 2% or less of the following: brown sugar, caramelized sugar, corn starch, extractives of paprika, garlic powder, maltodextrin, natural flavors, onion powder, palm oil, salt, _soybean_ oil, spice, sugar, tapioca maltodextrin, _wheat_ gluten, yeast, and yeast extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken Breakfast Sausage
Ingredients: skinless chicken meat, water, containe 2% or less of salt, sugar, spices, sage, thyme
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHICKEN MEATBALLS
Ingredients: CHICKEN, SEA SALT, OREGANO, BASIL, VINEGAR POWDER, GRANULATED GARLIC, GRANULATED ONION, ROSEMARY EXTRACT, BLACK PEPPER, PARSLEY FLAKES
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● 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
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: Chicken, dried apple, salt, fruit juice concentrate (apple, pineapple, pear, peach), spices, celery powder, pork casing.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage
Ingredients: CHICKEN, DRIED APPLE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE (APPLE, PINEAPPLE, PEAR, AND PEACH), SPICES, CELERY POWDER, SEA SALT. STUFFED IN A NATURAL PORK CASING.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crispy Chicken Breast Strips
Ingredients: Boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, wheat flour, water, contains 2% or less of the following: cocoa powder (color), dried garlic, dried onion, leavening (cream of tartar, baking soda), paprika and annatto extracts, rice flour, rice starch, salt, soybean oil, tapioca starch, yeast extract. Breading set in vegetable oil.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gluten-Free Chicken Nuggets
Ingredients: white meat chicken**, rice flour, water, tapioca starch, contains less than 2% of the following: corn starch, sea salt, rice starch, 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
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Strips
Ingredients: BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST, WATER, SEASONING (SUGAR, SALT, SPICES INCLUDING PAPRIKA AND CELERY SEED, CHICKEN FAT, SPICE EXTRACTIVE, CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL), RICE STARCH. BREADED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, NONFAT DRY MILK, DRIED EGG WHITES, BAKING POWDER, SPICE, PAPRIKA. BREADING SET IN VEGETABLE OIL. CONTAINS: MILK, EGGS, WHEAT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chicken Parm inspired Spring Rolls
Ingredients: Tomatoes, all-natural chicken (boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, sea salt), low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzyme), gluten free breadcrumbs (rice meal, dextrose, canola oil, sea salt, caramel color), parmesan blend (cheese whey, parmesan made from cow's milk, rennet, salt, culture, enzymes, corn starch, powdered cellulose), whipped egg whites (egg whites, guar gum, triethyl citrate), garlic in oil (garlic, soybean oil, water, citric acid), salt, basil, black pepper, gluten free wrapper (white rice flour, water, soybean oil, baking soda). Contains: egg, milk.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHICKEN MEATBALLS
Ingredients: Chicken, water, textured soy flour, ricotta cheese (whey, milk, cream, vinegar, salt, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, guar gum), eggs, Romano cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), soybean oil, granulated garlic, onion, salt, spices, sugar, olive oil. Contains: egg, milk, soy.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
