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Wow Bao Dumpling Steamed Chicken Soup
Frozen Foods
📊 NOVA 4

Wow Bao Dumpling Steamed Chicken Soup

Wow Bao
6 oz
Available at Foodtown
320
Calories
17g
Protein
3g
Sugars
600mg
Sodium
3g
Fiber
95
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Wow Bao Dumpling Steamed Chicken Soup is a single-serve 6 oz frozen convenience product that you would typically find in the supermarket frozen Asian foods aisle, shelved near potstickers, frozen baos, gyoza and microwaveable soup bowls. It reads as a quick comfort option for shoppers looking for an easy lunch or light dinner at home or at work. Occasions that fit this item include a rushed weekday lunch, a solo movie-night meal, or a quick add-on for a student or office worker stocking a mini-freezer. The Wow Bao brand leans into fast-casual Asian street food imagery, appealing to urban millennials and busy professionals who want an ethnic-inspired, restaurant-adjacent experience at home; marketing emphasizes convenience, bold flavors, and steam-cooked authenticity. On-pack messaging often highlights steamed preparation and heritage-inspired fillings, which can create a health halo without organic certification or explicit clean-label guarantees; the ingredient list reveals conventional processing and common freezer-product additives rather than organic or minimally processed claims. Processing context: this is a ready-to-heat frozen product with industrially prepared bases and flavorings. Sensory details: the product typically arrives in a plastic tray or pouch and is heated in a microwave or steamer, delivering a soft, pillowy wheat wrapper that gives way to a saucy, savory chicken filling with cabbage and scallion notes; the broth component adds a slightly gelatinous mouthfeel from added bases and starches. Rituals around this product involve quick steaming, optional dipping sauces, and pairing with a side salad or instant rice for a complete, fast meal.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1
Servings per Container: 1
Calories320
% Daily Value*
Total Fat11g14%
Saturated Fat3g15%
Cholesterol40mg13%
Sodium600mg26%
Total Carbohydrate38g14%
Dietary Fiber3g11%
Total Sugars3g
Added Sugars1g2%
Protein17g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Wrapper:, Enriched, Wheat, Flour, (Wheat, Flour,, Malted, Barley, Flour,, Niacin,, Iron,, Thiamine, Mononitrate, [Vitamin, B1],, Riboflavin, [Vitamin, B2],, Folic, Acid),, Water,, Expeller, Pressed, Canola, Oil,, Salt,, Filling:, Chicken,, Water,, Onion,, Napa, Cabbage,, Scallions,, Soy, Sauce, (Water,, Wheat,, Soybeans,, Salt),, Contains, 2%, or, Less, of, Ginger,, Chicken, Base, [Chicken, Broth,, Salt,, Yeast, Extract,, Carrots,, Flavor,, Onion, Powder,, Corn, Starch,, Chicken, Fat,, Celery,, Onion],, Sugar,, Gelatin,, Dark, Soy, Sauce, (Water,, Caramel, Color,, Soybeans,, Salt,, Corn, Starch,, Sugar),, Garlic,, Rice, Wine, (Rice, Wine,, Salt),, Sesame, Oil,, Soybean, Oil,, Salt,, Chicken, Broth, and, Natural, Flavors,, Yeast, Extract,, White, Pepper..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • canola - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • soy lecithin - Processed emulsifier
No Seed OilNo Emulsifier

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains industrially formulated ingredients and additives such as chicken base, yeast extract, gelatin, natural flavors and prepared sauces, and is a ready-to-heat frozen product, consistent with NOVA group 4 ultraprocessed foods.

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Common Questions about Wow Bao Dumpling Steamed Chicken Soup

The Wow Bao dumpling is a filling option with 320 calories and 17 grams of protein, which is great if you're looking for a quick meal. However, with 600 mg of sodium and added sugars, it might not be the healthiest choice if you're watching your salt intake or sugar levels. Think of it as a satisfying treat rather than a health food.

Perfect For

back-to-school
movie-night
weekday-lunch

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