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Is Co-Op Chicken and Bacon Caesar Salad ultra-processed?

255g Pasta salad with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Co-Op Chicken and Bacon Caesar Salad

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 53 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Pasta 53% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Rapeseed Oil), Caesar Dressing 15%, Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Pasteurised Egg Yolk (Egg, Salt), Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), White Wine Vinegar, Salt), Water, Regato Cheese, Chives, Lemon Juice, Black Pepper, Garlic Purée, Lettuce 13%, Chicken Breast 12% (Chicken Breast, Salt, Cornflour), Lightly Salted Olive Oil Croutons 4% (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Olive Oil, Salt, Sea Salt, Yeast), Smoked Bacon 3% (Pork Belly, Salt, Antioxidant (Sodium ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium nitrite)), Parmigiano Reggiano, Chicken 11%, Pork 2%

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Cooked Pasta (53%) (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Rapeseed Oil), Caesar Dressing (15%) (Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Pasteurised Egg Yolk (Egg, Salt), Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), White Wine Vinegar, Salt), Water, Regato Cheese (Milk), Chives, Lemon Juice, Black Pepper, Garlic Purée), Lettuce (13%), Sliced Chicken Breast (12%) (Chicken Breast, Salt, Cornflour), Lightly Salted Olive Oil Croutons (4%) (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Olive Oil, Salt, Sea Salt, Yeast), Smoked Bacon (3%) (Pork Belly, Salt, Antioxidant (Sodium ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium nitrite)), Parmigiano Reggiano PDO* (Milk) (1%). 11% Chicken, 2% Pork.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 pasta salad with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 78% of the pasta salad with chicken 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 9 pasta salad with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128726009, last edited 28 July 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.