Is Eastman's Deli Foods Sliced Tikka Chicken ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score A
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Chicken Breast, Tomato Paste, Corn Starch (processing marker), Garlic Paste, Ginger Paste, Sugar (processing marker), Rice Bran Oil (processing marker), Yogurt Powder, Salt (processing marker), Pentasodium Triphosphate (ultra-processing marker), Coriander Seed, Garam Masala (Coriander Seed, Cumin, Ginger Powder, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Mace, Chilli, Star Anise, Turmeric, Basil), Coriander, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Curcumin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E451 Triphosphates , E451i Pentasodium triphosphate
As written on the pack
Chicken Breast, Tomato Paste, Corn Starch, Garlic Paste, Ginger Paste, Sugar, Rice Bran Oil, Yogurt Powder (Milk), Salt, Stabiliser (Pentasodium Triphosphate), Coriander Seed Powder, Garam Masala [Coriander Seed Powder, Cumin, Ginger Powder, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Mace, Chilli Powder, Star Anise, Turmeric, Basil], Coriander, Colours (Paprika Extract, Curcumin).
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
5 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.
Among 213 meals with chicken
From least to most processed, this one ranks 162nd. 79% of the meals with chicken here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545864326, last edited 22 August 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.