Turkey breast
What the research shows
Not enough
published research on this page yet
Meat from turkeys.
It is eaten as a popular poultry dish, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas.1
What research says
Found in some samples or products
These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.
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Spoiled deli meat2
Smoked turkey fillets left in air built up more histamine, tyramine and tryptamine than vacuum-packed ones.
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Deli slicer cross-contamination3
Listeria monocytogenes on a deli slicer blade can spread onto turkey breast slices during slicing.
The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.
Products
The 6 most-scanned of 1,657 products on Open Food Facts that list turkey breast.
- Roast turkey breast - Tesco Finest Tesco Finest 1 additive
- ROASTED TURKEY BREAST ORIGINALS Organic · 9 oz 0 additives
- Slow Roasted Turkey Breast Hillshire Farm · 33 oz 1 additive
- Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Applegate Naturals 1 additive
- Oven Roasted Turkey Breast Applegate Organics · 6 oz 1 additive
- Oven Roasted Deli Turkey Hormel Natural Choice · 8 oz 2 additives
References
- 1Turkey as food. Wikipedia. Accessed October 24, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 2Ntzimani AG, Paleologos EK, Savvaidis IN, Kontominas MG. Formation of biogenic amines and relation to microbial flora and sensory changes in smoked turkey breast fillets stored under various packaging conditions at 4 degrees C. Food Microbiol. 2008;25(3):509-17. doi:10.1016/j.fm.2007.12.002
- 3Vorst KL, Todd EC, Rysert ET. Transfer of Listeria monocytogenes during mechanical slicing of turkey breast, bologna, and salami. J Food Prot. 2006;69(3):619-26. doi:10.4315/0362-028x-69.3.619