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Cooked chicken, from least to most processed

We track 78 cooked chicken, 79% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Frozen chicken drumsticks.

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What makes cooked chicken ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of cooked chicken that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Frozen chicken drumsticks Moy park · 1kg 1
  2. 2 British chicken drumsticks Birchwood Farm · 1kg 1
  3. 3 Organic Roasted Chicken Breast Wild Planet · 5 oz 1
  4. 4 half butter basted chicken to go M&S · 1 1

Processed food (12)

  1. 5 Chicken Flamegrilled Pieces Waitrose · 200 g 3
  2. 6 Flame grilled chicken Marks & Spencers · 165g 3
  3. 7 Chicken Nuggets Perdue · 22 oz 3
  4. 8 Crispy Chicken Strips Tyson · 1360g 3
  5. 9 Chicken Tyson · 40 oz 3
  6. 10 Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Fillets Kirkland Signature · 48 oz 3
  7. 11 Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Strips Just Bare · 48 oz 3
  8. 12 Japanese Style Chicken Curry with rice Myprotein 3
  9. 13 Coconut chicken bowl Marks & Spencer 3
  10. 14 Fruity Chicken Curry Marks & Spencer · 400 g 3
  11. 15 Oven-Roasted Chicken Breast 365 Whole Foods Market · 6 oz 3
  12. 16 100% grass-fed beef minis Archer · 16 unit 3

Ultra-processed food (62)

  1. 17 fully cooked CHICKEN BREAST BITES Fresh Additions · 10 3.2 oz pouches (32oz) 4
  2. 18 Breaded Chicken Nuggets Sainsbury's 4
  3. 19 Breaded Chicken Nuggets Stamford Street Co. 4
  4. 20 Chicken Nugget Realgood Foods Co · 567 g 4
  5. 21 Lightly Breaded Chicken Strips Real Good Foods Inc. · 48 oz 4
  6. 22 Crispy Boneless Chicken Bites Tyson · 24 oz 4
  7. 23 Chicken Nuggets Applegate Naturals · 88 g 4
  8. 24 crispy chicken goujons M&S Food · 546 g 4
  9. 25 Chargrilled chicken breast slices Birchwood 4
  10. 26 Kyckling Kebab Schysst Käk · 275.0 4
  11. 27 Simply Tandoori Chicken Breast Chunks Simply · 160g 4
  12. 28 Uncured turkey pepperoni stick Vermont · .05 oz 4
  13. 29 Roast chicken Sainsbury's · 1 4
  14. 30 Lightly Breaded Chicken Strips Realgood Foods Co. · 1361 g 4
  15. 31 Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Strips Realgood Foods Co. · 20 oz 4
  16. 32 Chargrilled British chicken breast mini fillets Sainsbury's 4
  17. 33 Super Duper Chicken Nuggets Kidfresh 4
  18. 34 Crispy Chicken Breast Strips Tyson · 25 oz 4
  19. 35 Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks Just Bare · 64 oz (4 lbs) 4
  20. 36 Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks Kirkland Signature · 64 oz 4
  21. 37 Roast Chicken Breast Fillets Simply · 235g 4
  22. 38 Half Roast Chicken Marks & Spencers · 450g 4
  23. 39 Half Roast Chicken Coop 4
  24. 40 Seasoned Chunk Chicken Breast Kirkland Signature · 6 x 354 g 4
  25. 41 Garlic & Herb Spatchcock Chicken Ashfields (Aldi) · 1.1kg 4
  26. 42 Whole Grain Chicken Nuggets Perdue 4
  27. 43 Breaded Chicken Goujons Roosters · 270g 4
  28. 44 Breaded Chicken Goujons Tesco 4
  29. 45 Färdiggrillade Buffalo Wings av Svensk Kyckling Guldfågeln · 500 g 4
  30. 46 Chicken Nuggets Guldfågeln 4
  31. 47 Chopped and shaped British chicken pieces in a breadcrumb coating Sainsbury's 4
  32. 48 Simply Cooked Chicken Breast Slices Lidl · 240g 4
  33. 49 Roast Chicken Breast Tesco finest · 120 g 4
  34. 50 Pinch Bangin’ Butter Chicken & Nutty Pilau Rice Pinch · 400g 4
  35. 51 Rotisserie chicken Kirkland Signature · 1.200 kg 4
  36. 52 Chicken Tenders Caulipower 4
  37. 53 Chicken wings hot Land Mark (Penny) 4
  38. 54 BBQ-Marinerade Kycklingben och -lår Culinea · 1100g 4
  39. 55 Färdiggrillade Chicken Drumsticks Guldfågeln · 2000 g 4
  40. 56 Roast 2 British Chicken Breast Fillets Sainsbury's 4

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Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.