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Is 8 CHICKEN BBQ GRIDDLERS MADE FROM Birds Eye 700% C ultra-processed?

Chickens Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed chickens

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

MADE FROM BREAST Birds Eye CHICKEN 100% TO OPEN PRESS OUR CHICKE WILL ALWAY (CHI and NOTHING EMPTY PLAT Griddlers formed from chopped marinated chicken breast 100%), coated in a BBQ flavoured glaze, lightly fried, our ingredients, Chicken Breast 58%, Water, Flour (wheat, Rice), Rapeseed Oil, OAT Fibre, Palm Oil, Starch (wheat, Maize), Demerara Sugar, Salt, Sugar, Tomato, Onion, Emulsifier (Lecithin#), Spices, Apple Juice, Lime, Spice Extracts, Colour (Paprika Extract), Natural Flavourings, Smoke Flavouring, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, # Lecithin is used to bind our glazes together, It is a natural material found in many traditional food ingredients

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

MADE FROM BREAST Birds Eye CHICKEN 100% TO OPEN PRESS OUR CHICKE WILL ALWAY: 100% CHI & NOTHING EMPTY PLAT Griddlers formed from chopped marinated chicken breast, coated in a BBQ flavoured glaze, lightly fried. OUR INGREDIENTS... Chicken Breast (58%), Water, Flour (WHEAT, Rice), Rapeseed Oil, OAT Fibre, Palm Oil, Starch (WHEAT, Maize), Demerara Sugar, Salt, Sugar, Tomato Powder, Onion Powder, Emulsifier (Lecithin#), Spices, Apple Juice Powder, Lime Powder, Spice Extracts, Colour (Paprika Extract), Natural Flavourings, Smoke Flavouring, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin. # Lecithin is used to bind our glazes together. It is a natural material found in many traditional food ingredients.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 339th. 74% of the chickens here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 356 chickens, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7350087736662, last edited 16 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.