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Is Coop Chicken and prawn paella ultra-processed?

400 g Paella Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Coop Chicken and prawn paella

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:

  • 62 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Paprika infused risotto rice with marinated cooked chicken thigh, farmed king prawns, 400ge chorizo and green beans in a tomato sauce, Responsibly sourced prawns, Ensure food is piping hot before serving, Tray not suitable for oven heating, Microwave from chilled 800W 900W stand 4 mins 3½ mins 1 min Microwave Remove sleeve and pierce film lid, Place directly into microwave, Halfway through heating, peel back film lid, stir and re-cover, After heating allow to stand for 1 minute and stir before serving, The tray may soften but will regain strength on standing, Appliances vary, these are guidelines only, Do not reheat, Ingredients Cooked Risotto Rice 44% (Water, Risotto Rice), Tomatoes 16%, Chicken Thigh 11% (Chicken Thigh, Tomato Paste, Molasses, Parsley, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Paprika, White Pepper), Red Pepper, Onion, King Prawn 7% (Prawn, Water, Salt), Chorizo 6% (Pork, Salt, Paprika, Smoked Paprika, Garlic, Preservatives (Sodium nitrite, Potassium nitrate), Rosemary Extract), Green Beans 3%, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Smoked Paprika, Tomato Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Parsley, Sugar, Cornflour, Turmeric, Red Chilli, Black Pepper, Salt, Marjoram, Chicken 10%

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Paprika infused risotto rice with marinated cooked chicken thigh, farmed king prawns, 400ge chorizo and green beans in a tomato sauce. Responsibly sourced prawns. Ensure food is piping hot before serving. Tray not suitable for oven heating. Microwave from chilled 800W 900W stand 4 mins 3½ mins 1 min Microwave Remove sleeve and pierce film lid. Place directly into microwave. Halfway through heating, peel back film lid, stir & re-cover. After heating allow to stand for 1 minute and stir before serving. The tray may soften but will regain strength on standing. Appliances vary, these are guidelines only. Do not reheat. Ingredients Cooked Risotto Rice (44%) (Water, Risotto Rice), Tomatoes (16%), Marinated Cooked Diced Chicken Thigh (11%) (Chicken Thigh, Tomato Paste, Molasses, Parsley, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Paprika, White Pepper), Red Pepper, Onion, King Prawn (7%) (Prawn (Crustacean), Water, Salt), Chorizo (6%) (Pork, Salt, Paprika, Smoked Paprika, Garlic, Preservatives (Sodium nitrite, Potassium nitrate), Rosemary Extract), Green Beans (3%), Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Smoked Paprika, Tomato Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Parsley, Sugar, Cornflour, Turmeric, Red Chilli, Black Pepper, Salt, Marjoram. 10% Chicken. Allergy Advice

What makes it processed

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.

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.
  • E252 Potassium nitrate 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 12 paella

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 75% of the paella 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 12 paella, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128624749, last edited 27 March 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.