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Is Chef Select Teriyaki Chicken With Noodles & Edamame Beans ultra-processed?

Pasta dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 53 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Teriyaki Sauce 48%, Water, Rice Wine, Dark Soy Sauce (Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt), Sugar, Water, Salt, Sugar, Red Pepper, Shiitake Mushrooms, Ginger, Garlic, Modified Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Vinegar Blend (Spirit Vinegar, Barley Malt Vinegar, Water), Oyster Style Sauce (Water, Sugar, Salt, Cornflour, Molasses, Natural Flavouring), Garlic Purée, Ginger, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Toasted Sesame Oil, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Red Chilli), Noodles 25%, Water, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Salt, Paprika, Turmeric), Chicken 20% (Chicken Breast, Corn Starch), Edamame 6%, Soya Beans

As written on the pack

48% Teriyaki Sauce (Water, Rice Wine, Dark Soy Sauce (Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt), Sugar, Water, Salt, Sugar, Red Pepper, Shiitake Mushrooms, Ginger, Garlic, Modified Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Vinegar Blend (Spirit Vinegar, Distilled Barley Malt Vinegar, Water), Oyster Style Sauce (Water, Sugar, Salt, Cornflour, Molasses, Natural Flavouring), Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Caramelised Sugar Syrup. Toasted Sesame Oil, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Red Chilli), 25% Cooked Noodles (Water, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Salt, Paprika, Turmeric), 20% Cooked Chicken Pieces (Chicken Breast, Corn Starch), 6% Edamame, Soya Beans.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
6 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 544 pasta dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 280th. 72% of the pasta dishes 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489900665, last edited 20 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.