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Is Boots Chicken Collection ultra-processed?

Chicken sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Boots Chicken Collection

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:

  • 117 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed poultry sandwiches

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

Bread, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Malted Wheat Flakes, Wheat Bran, Yeast, Malted Barley Flour, Salt, e471, e472 (e), Wheat Gluten, Malted Wheat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Ascorbic Acid, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch, Chicken 25% (Chicken Breast 98%, Rice Starch, Salt), Reduced Fat Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Egg Yolk (Egg Yolk, Salt), Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Sugar, White Wine Vinegar, Concentrated Lemon Juice), Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Egg Yolk (Egg Yolk, Salt), Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), White Wine Vinegar), Pork, Sage 3%, Onion Stuffing 3%, Pork 28%, Water, Breadcrumbs (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Salt), Onion, Rusk (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt), Pork Fat, Rolled Oats, Seasoning (Salt, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Dextrose, White Pepper, Herb Extracts (Parsley, Sage)), Sage, Parsley, Smoke Flavour Sweetcured Bacon 2% (Pork Belly 93%, Sugar, Salt, e451, Smoke Flavouring, Honey, Sodium Nitrite), Tomato 2%, Cucumber, Lettuce, Seasoning (Black Pepper, Salt, Onion, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract Powder, Rice Flour, Garlic Powder), Black Pepper

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E451 Triphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472 Acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Malted Bread (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Malted Wheat Flakes, Wheat Bran, Yeast, Malted Barley Flour, Salt, Emulsifiers (E471, E472(e)), Wheat Gluten, Malted Wheat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch), Cooked Chicken (25%) (Chicken Breast (98%), Rice Starch, Salt), Reduced Fat Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Pasteurised Salted Egg Yolk (Egg Yolk, Salt), Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Sugar, White Wine Vinegar, Concentrated Lemon Juice), Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Pasteurised Salted Egg Yolk (Egg Yolk, Salt), Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), White Wine Vinegar), Pork, Sage & Onion Stuffing (3%) (Pork (28%), Water, Breadcrumbs (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Salt), Onion, Rusk (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt), Pork Fat, Rolled Oats, Seasoning (Salt, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Dextrose, White Pepper, Herb Extracts (Parsley, Sage)), Sage, Parsley), Smoke Flavour Sweetcured Bacon (2%) (Pork Belly (93%), Sugar, Salt, Emulsifier (E451), Smoke Flavouring, Honey, Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Tomato (2%), Cucumber, Lettuce, Seasoning (Black Pepper, Salt, Onion Granules, Onion Powder, Yeast Extract Powder, Rice Flour, Garlic Powder), Black Pepper

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
8 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 chicken sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 94% of the chicken sandwiches 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 16 chicken sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5045095736873, last edited 9 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.