Is Birchwood Chargrilled chicken breast slices ultra-processed?

Cooked chicken 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:

E451 Triphosphates

6 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed cooked chicken

Frozen chicken drumsticks Moy park 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
half butter basted chicken to go M&S 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
British chicken drumsticks Birchwood Farm 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Japanese Style Chicken Curry with rice Myprotein 23 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

British Chicken Breast, Salt (processing marker), Stabiliser (Triphosphates (ultra-processing marker), Made gfwith 120g of chicken values per), Energy

Additives: E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

British Chicken Breast, Salt, Stabiliser: Triphosphates. Made gfwith 120g of chicken values per 100g: Energy

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.

E451 Triphosphates 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.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 78 cooked chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 79% of the cooked 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.

All 78 cooked chicken, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20674618, last edited 17 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.
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