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Is Fit & Prepd chicken teriyaki ultra-processed?

450g Microwave meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Fit & Prepd chicken teriyaki

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed microwave meals

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

Cooked Rice 28% (Water, Brown Rice), Chicken 15%, Carrot 13%, Broccoli 10%, Edamame Bean, Water, Red Pepper, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Colour (Plain Caramel), Sugar, Soya Beans, Wheat), Mirin, Ginger 1.5%, Rice Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Brown Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Red Chilli Purée, Thickener (Pectin), Cane Molasses, Salt

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Cooked Rice (28%) (Water, Brown Rice), Chicken (15%), Carrot (13%), Broccoli (10%), Edamame Bean (Soya) (9%), Water, Red Pepper, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Colour: Plain Caramel; Sugar, Soya Beans, Wheat), Mirin, Ginger Purée (1.5%), Rice Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Brown Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Red Chilli Purée, Thickener: Pectin; Cane Molasses, Salt.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 351 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 259th. 72% of the microwave 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 351 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5024593000051, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.