Is Eat & Go Snacking Chicken Southern Fried Flavour Bites ultra-processed?

Chicken preparations Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
Maltodextrin

30 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed chicken preparations

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

chicken breast 91%, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Onion, Salt (processing marker), Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Fennel Seeds, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Garlic, Coriander, Yeast Extract, Black Pepper, Rice Flour, White Pepper, Maize Starch (processing marker), Cumin, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Mace, warning (Although every effort has been made to remove bones), some small bones may remain, gb cx002 (5 x 22.5ge), WARNING To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this wrapper away from babies and small children

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BREAST (91%), Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Onion Powder, Salt, Maltodextrin, Ground Fennel Seeds, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Coriander Powder, Yeast Extract, Black Pepper, Rice Flour, White Pepper, Maize Starch, Cumin Powder, Tapioca Starch, Mace Powder. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. WARNING: Although every effort has been made to remove bones, some small bones may remain. GB CX002 112.5g (5 x 22.5ge) WARNING To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this wrapper away from babies and small children.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 187 chicken preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 120th. 79% of the chicken preparations 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 187 chicken preparations, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600566993, last edited 28 May 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.