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Is Chef Select High Protein Chicken Tikka With Kale & Rice ultra-processed?

380 g Chicken tikka masala Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Chef Select High Protein Chicken Tikka With Kale & Rice

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:

  • 82 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed chicken tikka masala

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

Tikka Rice oked Turmeric Rice 43% (Rice, Water, Turmeric, Lentils, Water, Lentils), Kale, Sunflower Seeds, Tikka Sauce 37% (Onion, Water, Tomato, Natural Yogurt k), Single Cream, Tomato Paste, Garlic Purée, Spinach, Ground Spices min, Coriander, Allspice, Cinnamon, Ginger, Cayenne Pepper, Turmeric, Black per, Rapeseed Oil, Ginger, Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Curry (Bay ves, Black Pepper, Cassia, Chilli, Coriander, Cumin, Fennel, Fenugreek, Garlic, m Flour, Salt, Turmeric, Salt, Lemon Juice, Low Sodium Salt, Potassium Chloride, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Stock, Chicken Flavouring, Glucose Syrup, Salt, st Extracts, Sugar), Nigella, Coriander Leaf, Colour (Paprika Extract), Tikka Chicken, Chicken Breast 92%, Tomato Paste, Ginger, Garlic Paste, sala Powder, Salt, Chilli, Fenugreek, Coriander, Cumin, Ginger, Cinnamon, Black oper, Mace, Star Anise, Turmeric, Basil), Colour (Paprika Extract), Yogurt, n Starch, Green Chilli

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

43% Tikka Rice oked Turmeric Rice [Rice, Water, Turmeric), Cooked Lentils (Water, Lentils], Kale, Sunflower Seeds), 37% Tikka Sauce (Onion, Water, Tomato, Natural Yogurt k), Single Cream (Milk), Tomato Paste, Garlic Purée, Spinach, Ground Spices min, Coriander, Allspice, Cinnamon, Ginger, Cayenne Pepper, Turmeric, Black per), Rapeseed Oil, Ginger Purée, Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Curry Powder [Bay ves, Black Pepper, Cassia, Chilli, Coriander, Cumin, Fennel, Fenugreek, Garlic, m Flour, Salt, Turmeric), Salt, Lemon Juice, Low Sodium Salt [Potassium Chloride, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Stock, Chicken Flavouring, Glucose Syrup, Salt, st Extracts, Sugar), Nigella Seeds, Coriander Leaf, Colour: Paprika Extract), Tikka Chicken (92% Chicken Breast, Tomato Paste, Ginger Purée, Garlic Paste, sala Powder (Salt, Chilli, Fenugreek, Coriander, Cumin, Ginger, Cinnamon, Black oper, Mace, Star Anise, Turmeric, Basil], Colour: Paprika Extract; Yogurt (Milk), n Starch, Green Chilli Purée). Allergy Advice:

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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 chicken tikka masala

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 89% of the chicken tikka masala 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 19 chicken tikka masala, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489825111, last edited 15 April 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.