Is Birds Eye 4 Chicken Burgers ultra-processed?

200g (4 burgers) Hamburgers Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E160c Paprika extract
E170 Calcium carbonates

14 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed hamburgers

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

Chicken Breast 46%, Water, Flour (wheat, wheat), Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Yeast, Salt (processing marker), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Calcium Carbonate (ultra-processing marker), Iron, Niacin, Thiamin

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast (46%), Water, Flour (WHEAT, Wholegrain WHEAT), Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Yeast, Salt, Colour (Paprika Extract), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin.

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.

2 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.
Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 60 hamburgers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 62% of the hamburgers 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 60 hamburgers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000116101641, last edited 3 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.