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Is Aldi Duck ultra-processed?

570 g Poultry meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Duck

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:

  • 57 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed poultry meals

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

half aromatic duck 67%, duck 98%, Sugar, Rice Wine (Wheat), Salt, Spring Onions, Cinnamon, Fennel, Ginger, Szechuan Pepper, Star Anise, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Gloves, Tangerine Peel PANCAKES 21%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Salt HOISIN SAUCE (1896), Water, Sugar, Yellow Bean Sauce, Soybeans, Sugar, Water, Salt, Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Rice Vinegar, Mirin (Glutinous Rice, Water, Alcohol, Glucose Syrup, Rice, Modified Maize Starch, Chinese 5 Spice (Fennel, Cinnamon, Star Anise, Black Pepper, Cloves), Barley Malt Extract, Cayenne Pepper, Garlic Purée)

As written on the pack

HALF AROMATIC DUCK (67%) DUCK (98%), Sugar, Rice Wine (Wheat), Salt, Spring Onions, Cinnamon, Fennel, Ginger, Szechuan Pepper, Star Anise, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Gloves, Tangerine Peel PANCAKES (21%) [Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Salt HOISIN SAUCE (1896) (Water, Sugar, Yellow Bean Sauce (Soybeans, Sugar, Water, Salt, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Rice Vinegar, Mirin (Glutinous Rice, Water, Alcohol, Glucose Syrup, Rice, Modified Maize Starch, Chinese 5 Spice (Fennel, Cinnamon, Star Anise, Black Pepper, Cloves), Barley Malt Extract, Cayenne Pepper, Garlic Purée). ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.

  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 233 poultry meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 149th. 78% of the poultry meals 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 233 poultry meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459784831, 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.