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Is Fit Foods Sweet Chilli Chicken with Wholewheat Noodles ultra-processed?

400g Meals with chicken Sold in Ireland

Pack of Fit Foods Sweet Chilli Chicken with Wholewheat Noodles

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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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

Broccoli 27.5%, Wholewheat Noodles 25% (WHEAT Flour, Wheat Flour (WHEAT Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Salt, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Carbonate), Potassium Carbonate), Chicken 22.5%, Sugar, Water, Red, Green 3.5%, Yellow Peppers 3.5%, SESAME Seed Oil, Dark Soya Sauce (Water, Salt, Colour (Plain Caramel), Sugar, soybeans, wheat), Red Lentils, Red Chilli, Faba Bean Protein, SOYABEAN Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Vinegar, Garlic Purée, Salt, Maize Starch, Red Chilli, Garlic, Ginger, Coriander, Birds Eye Chilli, Antioxidant (Rosemary Extract, allergen information)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate

As written on the pack

Broccoli (27.5%), Wholewheat Noodles (25%) [Wholemeal WHEAT Flour, Wheat Flour (WHEAT Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Salt, Acidity Regulators: Sodium Carbonate, Potassium Carbonate], Chicken (22,5%), Sugar, Water, Red, Green and Yellow Peppers (3.5%), SESAME Seed Oil, Dark Soya Sauce (Water, Salt, Colour: Plain Caramel, Sugar, SOYBEANS, WHEAT), Red Lentils, Pickled Red Chilli, Faba Bean Protein, SOYABEAN Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Vinegar, Garlic Purée, Salt, Maize Starch, Red Chilli, Garlic, Ginger, Coriander, Birds Eye Chilli, Antioxidant: Rosemary Extract. ALLERGEN INFORMATION:

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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
6 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.
  • 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 126th. 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 5090383110040, last edited 29 July 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.