Is Asda Turkey ultra-processed?

100 g Turkey breasts 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
Glucose

5 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed turkey breasts

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

Turkey Breast, Unsalted Butter (processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Made with 105g of turkey per 100g of finished product

As written on the pack

Turkey Breast*, Unsalted Butter (Milk) (1%), Dextrose, Salt. *Made with 105g of turkey per 100g of finished product. Allergy Advice! for allergens, see ingredients in bold. Packaged in a protective atmosphere. NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS OR FLAVOURS.

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.

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.

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.

Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 30 turkey breasts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 63% of the turkey breasts 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 30 turkey breasts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063089125137, 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.