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Is Fit Foods Spicy Chicken with Brown Rice ultra-processed?

400 g Chicken curry Sold in Ireland

Pack of Fit Foods Spicy Chicken with Brown Rice

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed chicken curry

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

Brown Rice 36%, Coconut Milk, Chicken 19.5%, Green Beans, Red, Green, Yellow Peppers, Water, Lemon Grass, Chilli 1%, Salt, Ginger, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Garlic, Red Chilli, Shallot, Galangal, Fruit Pectin, Shrimp Paste (crustaeceans), Rosemary Extract, Cracked Black Pepper, Kaffir Lime Peel, Pepper, Paprika

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Brown Rice (36%), Coconut Milk, Chicken (19.5%), Green Beans, Red, Green and Yellow Peppers, Water, Lemon Grass, Chilli (1%), Salt, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Garlic, Dried Red Chilli, Shallot, Galangal, Thickener: Fruit Pectin, Shrimp Paste (CRUSTAECEANS), Antioxidant: Rosemary Extract, Cracked Black Pepper, Kaffir Lime Peel, Pepper, Paprika.

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 chicken curry

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 61% of the chicken curry 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 18 chicken curry, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5090383101000, last edited 4 October 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.