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Updated 2026-08-09

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Menu items available

31

Menu items that contain additives

100%

Menu items that contain seed oils

84%

Additives

List of additives used at Popeyes

Monosodium glutamateLimited · Restricted - US-GUUsed in 19 menu itemsModified food starchLimitedUsed in 17 menu itemsSodium benzoateLimited · Restricted - CanadaUsed in 12 menu itemsSodium phosphateModerate · Restricted - USUsed in 11 menu itemsEDTALimitedUsed in 10 menu itemsButylated hydroxytolueneLimited · Restricted - Use limits in CanadaUsed in 9 menu itemsXanthan GumLimitedUsed in 9 menu itemsPotassium sorbateLimitedUsed in 8 menu itemsMaltodextrinLimitedUsed in 7 menu itemsArtificial flavouringLimitedUsed in 6 menu itemsArtificial food colouringHigh · Banned - Red 3 revoked; school bansUsed in 6 menu itemsHigh-fructose corn syrupModerate · Restricted - CodexUsed in 5 menu itemsMono- and diglyceridesLimitedUsed in 5 menu itemsPolysorbate 80LimitedUsed in 5 menu itemsAnnattoLimitedUsed in 4 menu itemsCaramel colourLimited · Restricted - CaliforniaUsed in 4 menu itemsDextroseModerateUsed in 4 menu itemsBeta-carotene / β-apo-8′-carotenalLimitedUsed in 3 menu itemsCarrageenanLimitedUsed in 3 menu itemsPropylene glycol alginateLowUsed in 3 menu itemsSodium acid pyrophosphateModerate · Restricted - Allowed with use limitsUsed in 3 menu itemsSodium aluminum phosphateLimitedUsed in 3 menu itemsPaprika and turmeric oleoresinsLimitedUsed in 2 menu itemsButylated hydroxyanisoleHigh · Banned - West VirginiaUsed in 1 menu itemCarboxymethylcelluloseLimited · Restricted - EU infant-use restrictedUsed in 1 menu item