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Is Asda Chicken noodle salad ultra-processed?

280g Salads with meat Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Chicken noodle salad

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:

  • 69 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Dressed Cooked Free Range Egg Noodles 37% (Water, Fortified Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Rapeseed Oil, Free Range Whole Egg, Coriander, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Turmeric, Chicken Breast 16% (Chicken Breast 87%, Water, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, Red Chillies, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Sweet Paprika, Lime Juice, Coriander, Coriander, Cornflour, Parsley, Spirit Vinegar), Green Multileaf Lettuce, Sweet Chilli and Mango Dressing Sachet 13% (Water, Sugar, Rice Wine Vinegar, Red Chillies, Mango Purée, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Coriander, Salt, Mint, Spirit Vinegar, Stabilisers (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)), Red Peppers, Carrots, Red Cabbage, Edamame Soya Beans, including cereals containing gluten, flavours, hydrogenated fat, WARNING Extra care has been taken to remove bones, although some may remain, STORAGE Keep refrigerated, Once opened, keep refrigerated and consume within 24 hours, Do not exceed the Use By date, Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass and maintenance of normal bones, It is important to eat a varied and balanced diet as part of a healthy lifestyle, For help with making the healthiest choices, visit asda.com, livebetter CLEAN C e TRAY FILM and SACHET Don't Recycle Recycle 80701V1, 80753 NUTRITION We suggest this product provides 1 serving Typical Values Energy kJ Energy kcal Fat

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Dressed Cooked Free Range Egg Noodles (37%) [Water, Fortified Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Rapeseed Oil, Pasteurised Free Range Whole Egg, Coriander, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Turmeric], Marinated Cooked Sliced Chicken Breast (16%) [Chicken Breast (87%), Water, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, Red Chillies, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Sweet Paprika, Lime Juice, Coriander, Coriander Powder, Cornflour, Parsley, Spirit Vinegar], Green Multileaf Lettuce, Sweet Chilli and Mango Dressing Sachet (13%) [Water, Sugar, Rice Wine Vinegar, Red Chillies, Mango Purée, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Coriander, Salt, Mint, Spirit Vinegar, Stabilisers (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)], Red Peppers, Carrots, Red Cabbage, Edamame Soya Beans. Allergy Advice! for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS, FLAVOURS OR HYDROGENATED FAT. WARNING Extra care has been taken to remove bones, although some may remain. STORAGE Keep refrigerated. Once opened, keep refrigerated and consume within 24 hours. Do not exceed the Use By date. Source of protein. Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass and maintenance of normal bones. It is important to eat a varied and balanced diet as part of a healthy lifestyle. For help with making the healthiest choices, visit asda.com/livebetter CLEAN C e TRAY FILM & SACHET Don't Recycle Recycle 80701V1/80753 NUTRITION We suggest this product provides 1 serving Typical Values Energy kJ Energy kcal Fat

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.

  • Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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 27 salads with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 67% of the salads with meat 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 27 salads with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172858989, last edited 26 June 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.