Seed Oil Free Chicken Nuggets: How to Read the Label (and Make Them at Home)
Chapters
- The Short Answer
- Why Nuggets List a Seed Oil
- Where the Oil Hides
- Fried In Versus Contains
- Real Good Foods and No Seed Oil Brands
- What Our Catalog Shows
- The Fries on the Side
- Fast Food Is Separate
- Make Them at Home
- Your Nugget Label Checklist
- Your Turn
Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.
Most frozen chicken nuggets are par-fried in canola, soybean or sunflower oil before they're frozen. We show where the oil hides on the box, the difference between "fried in" and "contains", what brands like Real Good Foods say, what our catalog shows as of October 2026, and an easy air fryer method.
Full guide and the products we checked
Check any ingredient list free
Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:44 Why Nuggets List a Seed Oil
1:24 Where the Oil Hides
2:30 Fried In Versus Contains
3:19 Real Good Foods and No Seed Oil Brands
4:10 What Our Catalog Shows
4:57 The Fries on the Side
5:29 Fast Food Is Separate
5:55 Make Them at Home
7:00 Your Nugget Label Checklist
7:33 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.
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