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Is Aldi Hot & Spicy Chicken Breast Slices ultra-processed?

Chicken breast without skin raw Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Hot & Spicy Chicken Breast Slices

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed chicken breast without skin raw

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

nutrition cooked chicken breast 97% (chicken breast, stabiliser (triphosphates), salt), peri peri seasoning (sugar, paprika, salt, onion, smoked paprika, bell peppers, cayenne pepper, garlic, acidity regulator (citric acid), chilli, herbs (parsley, thyme), bird's eye chili, flavouring, colour (paprika extract)), typical values energy fat of which saturate carbohydrate of which sugars fibre protein salt warning (although every effort has been made to remove bones), ssome small bones and fragments may remain, flavourings, preservatives, uce ry, soo front of nack

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

nutrition cooked chicken breast (97%) (chicken breast, stabiliser: triphosphates, salt), peri peri seasoning [sugar, paprika, salt, onion powder, smoked paprika, dried bell peppers, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, acidity regulator: citric acid, chilli flakes, herbs (parsley, thyme), bird's eye chili, flavouring, colour: paprika extract], typical values energy fat of which saturate carbohydrate of which sugars fibre protein salt warning: although every effort has been made to remove bones, ssome small bones or fragments may remain, no artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives, uce ry, soo front of nack

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.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 chicken breast without skin raw

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 25% of the chicken breast without skin raw 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 8 chicken breast without skin raw, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600240206, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.