Is Aldi Snackin' Chicken Roast Chicken Flavour Bites ultra-processed?

Chicken preparations 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:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose
Maltodextrin

24 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed chicken preparations

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 91%, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt (processing marker), Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Maize Starch (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Rice Flour, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Spices, Barley Malt Extract, Yeast Extract, Spice Extracts, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Garlic, Lemon Extract, Onion

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BREAST (91%), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Salt, Maltodextrin, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Dextrose, Maize Starch, Sugar, Rice Flour, Flavourings, Spices, Barley Malt Extract, Yeast Extract, Spice Extracts, Tapioca Starch, Garlic, Lemon Extract, Onion. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold.

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.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

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 187 chicken preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 141st. 79% of the chicken preparations 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 187 chicken preparations, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600286655, last edited 23 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.