Roast chicken, from least to most processed

We track 8 roast chicken, 75% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Organic Roasted Chicken Breast.

What makes roast chicken ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Organic Roasted Chicken Breast Wild Planet · 5 oz NOVA group 1
  2. 2 half butter basted chicken to go M&S · 1 NOVA group 1

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 3 Roast chicken Sainsbury's · 1 NOVA group 4
  2. 4 Half Roast Chicken Marks & Spencers · 450g NOVA group 4
  3. 5 Garlic & Herb Spatchcock Chicken Ashfields (Aldi) · 1.1kg NOVA group 4
  4. 6 Roast Chicken Breast Tesco finest · 120 g NOVA group 4
  5. 7 Rotisserie chicken Kirkland Signature · 1.200 kg NOVA group 4
  6. 8 Waffer Thin Roast Chicken Tesco NOVA group 4

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.