
Lean Cusine Favorites, Glazed Turkey
What You Should Know
Lean Cuisine Favorites, Glazed Turkey is a frozen single-serve entrée you’ll find in the supermarket’s frozen meals aisle, shelved near other microwave-ready dinners and family frozen bowls like Healthy Choice and Stouffer’s. Shoppers often grab it during quick grocery runs, in the same trip as frozen vegetables, ready-made sides, and budget-conscious convenience items. It fits weekday solo dinners, back-to-school lunches heated at work or campus, and lazy evenings when convenience beats cooking from scratch. The Lean Cuisine brand positions itself as a diet-conscious, portion-controlled solution — marketed toward time-pressed adults seeking calorie-conscious choices and flavored comfort without guilt. Packaging emphasizes protein and calories, lean language, and photographed plated food to create a “better-for-you” halo; you’ll see claims like “good source of protein” and nutrition highlights on the front, but no organic certification or clean-label badges. In plain terms this is a highly processed frozen meal made from assembled components — mashed sweet potatoes, a gravy, glazed turkey pieces, and a dressing — containing modified starches, gums, flavorings, and other additives typical of frozen convenience foods. Sensory cues: the tray is microwave-safe plastic with a sealed film; the meal reheats into a saucy, slightly glossy turkey with soft whipped-sweet-potato texture and a sweet-tangy dressing dotted with chewy dried cranberries. The ritual is straightforward: peel, microwave, stir, and eat straight from the tray or transfer to a plate — a compact, warming convenience that trades homemade complexity for speed and predictable taste.
Nutrition Facts
Ingredients
Mashed, Sweet, Potatoes:, Sweet, Potatoes,, Skim, Milk,, Sugar,, Soybean, Oil,, Water,, Molasses,, Salt,, Spices,, Carrageenan,, Dextrose,, Natural, Flavor,, Vanilla, Extract,, Gravy:, Water,, Onions,, Celery,, Modified, Food, Starch,, Soybean, Oil,, Maltodextrin,, Salt,, Tomato, Powder,, Autolyzed, Yeast, Extract,, Sugar,, Dried, Soy, Sauce, (Soybean,, Wheat,, Salt),, Spices,, Caramel, Color,, Beef, Extract,, Flavors,, Fructose,, Whey,, Dried, Onions,, Citric, Acid,, Lactic, Acid,, Chicken, Powder,, Dried, Onion,, Lypolyzed, Cream, (Butter,, Nonfat, Milk, Solids),, Xanthan, Gum,, Turmeric, Color,, Chicken, Fat,, Chicken, Skin,, Chicken, Broth,, Glazed, Turkey, Tenderloins, (Cooked, Turkey, Tenderloins,, Water,, Modified, Cornstarch,, Seasoning, [Autolyzed, Yeast, Extract,, Maltodextrin,, Salt,, Turkey, Flavor,, Turkey, Stock,, Flavor,, Gum, Arabic],, Carrageenan,, Canola, Oil,, Sodium, Phosphate,, Natural, Flavoring,, Salt,, Potassium, Chloride,, Paprika),, Dressing:, Bread, Crumbs, (Enriched, Wheat, Flour, [Wheat, Flour,, Niacin,, Reduced, Iron,, Thiamine, Mononitrate,, Riboflavin,, Folic, Acid],, Cane, Sugar,, Soybean, Oil,, Sea, Salt,, Yeast,, Natural, Flavor),, Sugar,, Dried, Cranberries,, Molasses,, Spices..
Flagged Ingredients:
- •Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
- •Canola Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
- •Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
Dietary Labels
Ultra-Processing Assessment
Ultra-Processed
Why this score?
This product contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (modified starches, carrageenan, xanthan gum, maltodextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, flavors, sodium phosphate, caramel color) and is a ready-to-heat engineered meal, consistent with NOVA group 4 (ultra-processed foods).
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Common Questions about Lean Cusine Favorites, Glazed Turkey
Well, that depends on what you mean by healthy! At 300 calories per serving, it offers a decent balance of protein (14g) and carbs (47g), which can be great for a quick meal. However, it does have added sugars and sodium, so it's more of a convenient option rather than a superfood.
