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Is AVI Foodsystems Korean Barbecue Chicken Bowl ultra-processed?

260 g Cakes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of AVI Foodsystems Korean Barbecue Chicken Bowl

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cakes

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

· Orange Soaked Mixed Vine Fruits 33% (Sultanas, Vostizza Currants, Raisins, Orange Juice), Flour (Potato Starch, Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch, Rice Starch, Cornflour, Maize Flour), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Yeast, Glycerol, Bamboo Fibre, Psyllium Husk, Stabiliser, e464, Xanthan Gum, Egg White, Palm Oil, Concentrated Raisin Juice, Orange Peel, Salt, Ground Sweet Cinnamon (Cassia), Coriander, Flavouring

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

· Orange Soaked Mixed Vine Fruits (33%) (Sultanas · Vostizza Currants · Raisins · Reconstituted Orange Juice) · Gluten Free Flour (Potato Starch · Rice Flour · Tapioca Starch · Rice Starch · Cornflour · Maize Flour ) · Water · Rapeseed Oil · Yeast · Humectant: Glycerol · Bamboo Fibre · Psyllium Husk Powder · Stabiliser: E464, Xanthan Gum · Dried Egg White · Palm Oil · Concentrated Raisin Juice · Orange Peel · Salt · Ground Sweet Cinnamon (Cassia) · Ground Coriander · Flavouring.

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

  • 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.
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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 145th. 94% of the cakes 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 377 cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00018593, last edited 2 October 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.