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Is Annabel Karmel Chicken Tikka and rice ultra-processed?

200 g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Annabel Karmel Chicken Tikka and rice

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:

  • 75 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

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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

sauce 58% (water, tomato 19%, butternut squash 14%, mango chutney 5% (mango, sugar, salt, acidity regulator (acetic acid), garlic, ginger, chilli), onion (onion, rapeseed oil), tomato puree, creamed coconut 2.5%, onion, ginger, watermelon (watermelon, water), rapeseed oil, coriander, cornflour, vegetable stock (maltodextrin, salt, onion, flavouring, yeast extract, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, parsley, black pepper), coriander, lemon juice, cumin, garlic puree, garam masala (spices, herbs, spice extracts), paprika, cardamom), long grain rice 32% (water, long grain rice), chicken 10% (chicken breast, salt), caution (although every care has been taken to remove all bones), some may still remain, children should always be supervised whilst they are eating, cooking instructions (cook from frozen), the fol are guidelines only, ensure hot before serving, allow th 1 minute after cooking to re * keep me in the f until ready to co microwave (ren and pierce film s place on a microwaveable full power for 4 minutes, carefully), stir and re-cover, for a further 1 minute, after to stand for 1 minute in the remove film, stir and serve, all microwaves vary, these a ① 800w frozen-5 minute oven (preheat ove from box and pierc times, place on a b centre of the oven and cook f made without dairy remove meal from the oven peel back film carefully), stir cook for a further 10 minutes, meal to stand on the baking tr remove film, stir and serve, d these are guidelines only

Additives: E260 Acetic acid

As written on the pack

sauce (58%) [water, tomato (19%), butternut squash (14%), mango chutney (5%) (mango, sugar, salt, acidity regulator (acetic acid), garlic, ginger, chilli), onion puree (onion, rapeseed oil), tomato puree, creamed coconut (2.5%), onion, ginger puree, watermelon seeds (watermelon seeds, water), rapeseed oil, ground coriander, cornflour, vegetable stock (maltodextrin, salt, onion powder, flavouring, yeast extract, sunflower oil and/or rapeseed oil, parsley, black pepper), coriander, lemon juice, ground cumin, garlic puree, garam masala (spices, herbs, spice extracts),ground paprika, ground cardamom], cooked long grain rice (32%) [water, long grain rice], cooked chicken pieces (10%) [chicken breast, salt]. caution: although every care has been taken to remove all bones, some may still remain. children should always be supervised whilst they are eating. cooking instructions: cook from frozen: the fol are guidelines only. ensure hot before serving. allow th 1 minute after cooking to re * keep me in the f until ready to co microwave: ren and pierce film s place on a microwaveable full power for 4 minutes. carefully, stir and re-cover. for a further 1 minute. after to stand for 1 minute in the remove film, stir and serve. all microwaves vary, these a ① 800w frozen-5 minute oven: preheat ove from box and pierc times. place on a b centre of the oven and cook f made without dairy remove meal from the oven peel back film carefully, stir cook for a further 10 minutes. meal to stand on the baking tr remove film, stir and serve. d these are guidelines only

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
6 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 113th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060077680470, last edited 1 July 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.