Is ASDA Buttery 2 Garlic & Herb Chicken Kieivs ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 32 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed chicken kievs
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Chicken Breast 52%, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Unsalted Butter (processing marker), Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Rapeseed oil, Extra Virgin Olive oil, Sunflower oil), Water, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Garlic Purée 1%, Pea Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Parsley, Salt (processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Cider Vinegar, Spirit Vinegar, Garlic Powder, Sugar (processing marker), Paprika, Yeast Extract, White Pepper, Sage, Onion Powder, Lemon Powder, Spice Extracts, Thyme
As written on the pack
Chicken Breast (52%), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Unsalted Butter (Milk) (13%), Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed oil, Extra Virgin Olive oil, Sunflower oil), Water, Wheat Starch, Garlic Purée (1%), Pea Fibre, Parsley, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Yeast, Cider Vinegar, Spirit Vinegar Powder, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Paprika, Yeast Extract, White Pepper, Sage, Onion Powder, Lemon Powder, Spice Extracts, Thyme Extract
What makes it ultra-processed
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 13 chicken kievs
From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 77% of the chicken kievs here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054781006244, last edited 6 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.