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Is Fit & Prepd Jerk Chicken ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Fit & Prepd Jerk Chicken

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed meals with chicken

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 24% (Water, Long Grain Rice), Chicken Breast 17% (Chicken, Cornflour), Water, Black Eyed Beans, Sweet Potato 11%, Yellow Pepper 5%, Red Pepper 5%, Pineapple, Ginger, Tomato Paste, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Colour (Plain Caramel)), Sugar, Soya Beans, Wheat, Garlic Purée, Red Chilli Purée, Cornflour, Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Spice, Herb Extracts, Thyme, Spices, Pimento, Cumin, Chilli, Coriander, Chilli, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, Thickener (Pectin)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Cooked Rice (24%) (Water, Long Grain Rice), Chicken Breast (17%), (Chicken, Cornflour) Water, Black Eyed Beans, Sweet Potato (11%), Yellow Pepper (5%), Red Pepper (5%), Pineapple Concentrate, Ginger Purée, Tomato Paste, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Colour: Plain Caramel), Sugar, Soya Beans, Wheat), Garlic Purée, Red Chilli Purée, Cornflour, Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Spice & Herb Extracts (Contains Celery), Thyme, Spices, Pimento, Cumin, Chilli Flakes, Coriander, Chilli Powder, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, Thickener: Pectin.

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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 173rd. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5024593000037, 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.