Is Aldi 2 Chicken Quarter Pounders ultra-processed?

227 g Chickens Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E450 Diphosphates

19 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

chicken breast 47%, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Caldium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Wheat Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Barley Malt, Maize Flour, Raising Agents (Diphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), Sodium Carbonates, Yeast, Rice Bran

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E502 Carbonates

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BREAST (47%), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Caldium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Wheat Starch, Salt, Barley Malt, Maize Flour, Raising Agents: Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates, Yeast, Rice Bran.

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.

E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.
Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 150th. 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 4088600319124, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.