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Is deliciously Ella Moroccan style chickpea and red pepper tangine ultra-processed?

300g Frozen ready-made meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of deliciously Ella Moroccan style chickpea and red pepper tangine

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomato Passata 18%, Tomatoes, Water, Chickpeas 12%, Vegetable Mix (Yellow Peppers, Courgettes, Red Peppers, Red Onion), Onions, Apricots 6%, Maple Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Puree, Ginger, Cumin, Salt, Coriander, Paprika, Smoked Paprika, Coriander, Cornflour, Turmeric, Mint, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Chillies, including cereals containing gluten, Ingredients are carefully checked but occasionally the odd piece of stone may be present, 5 Preparation Instructions (For best results microwave from frozen (800w full power), Do not reheat once cooled, All cooking appliances vary, This is a guide only Ap For Ke On)

As written on the pack

Tomato Passata (18%), Tomatoes, Water, Chickpeas (12%), Grilled Vegetable Mix (Yellow Peppers, Courgettes, Red Peppers, Red Onion), Onions, Apricots (6%), Maple Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Puree, Ginger Puree, Ground Cumin, Salt, Ground Coriander, Paprika, Smoked Paprika, Coriander, Cornflour, Ground Turmeric, Mint, Black Pepper, Ground Cinnamon, Chillies. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Ingredients are carefully checked but occasionally the odd piece of stone may be present. 5 Preparation Instructions: For best results microwave from frozen (800w full power). Do not reheat once cooled. All cooking appliances vary. This is a guide only Ap For Ke On

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

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 84 frozen ready-made meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 69% of the frozen ready-made meals 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 84 frozen ready-made meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060482842906, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.