Is Charlie Bigham’s Paella with Chicken, King Prawns & Chorizo ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 58 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cooked rice (rice, water), onions, chicken 11%, king prawns 8%, white wine, tomatoes, red peppers, water, chorizo 4% (pork, paprika, salt (processing marker), garlic, preservatives (processing marker) (sodium nitrite (processing marker)), antioxidant (rosemary extract)), rapeseed oil, chicken stock (water, yeast extract, salt (processing marker), chicken bones, chicken fat, potatoes), garlic, lemon juice, lobster stock (water, salt (processing marker), cornflour, sugar (processing marker), tomato purée, yeast extract, lobster, anchovies, cod, rapeseed oil, lemon juice concentrate, tapioca starch (processing marker)), tomato purée, sun-dried tomatoes, salt (processing marker), honey (processing marker), pork gelatine (ultra-processing marker), spices (smoked paprika, fennel, turmeric, black pepper, chillies, saffron), parsley, cornflour, rosemary, fennel
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E428 Gelatine
As written on the pack
Cooked rice (rice, water), onions, chicken (11%), king prawns (8%) (crustaceans), white wine (sulphites), tomatoes, red peppers, water, chorizo (4%) (pork, paprika, salt, garlic, preservatives: sodium nitrite, antioxidant: rosemary extract), rapeseed oil, chicken stock (water, yeast extract, salt, chicken bones, chicken fat, dried potatoes), garlic, lemon juice, lobster stock (water, salt, cornflour, sugar, tomato purée, yeast extract, lobster powder (crustaceans), anchovies (fish), cod powder (fish), rapeseed oil, lemon juice concentrate, tapioca starch), tomato purée, sun-dried tomatoes, salt, honey, pork gelatine, ground spices (smoked paprika, fennel, turmeric, black pepper, chillies, saffron), parsley, cornflour, rosemary, fennel.
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.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
Among 16 prawns
From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 13% of the prawns here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5033665214968, last edited 20 June 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.