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Is Fry's Chicken Style Burgers ultra-processed?

320g Frozen plant-based foods Sold in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and 2 more countries

Pack of Fry's Chicken Style Burgers

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

ingredients, a blend of vegetable protein, sunflower oil, with a golden crumb (including cereals containing gluten), Crumb (Wheat, Flour), Yeast, Improving Agent (Vitamin C), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Seed), Burger (Vegetable Protein 11%, Soy), Wheat, Wheat, Flour, Flavourings (Maize Starch, Yeast Extract, Savoury Flavour), Plant Fibre, Thickener (Methyl Cellulose), Salt, Rosemary, Marjoram, Sage, Mustard Seeds, Anti-caking Agent (e551), Garlic

Additives: E461 Methyl cellulose , E551 Silicon dioxide

As written on the pack

INGREDIENTS. A BLEND OF VEGETABLE PROTEIN AND SUNFLOWER OIL, WITH A GOLDEN CRUMB. (For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold). Crumb: Wheat (Gluten) Flour, Yeast, Improving Agent (Vitamin C), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Seed). Burger: Vegetable Protein (11%) (Soy, Wheat (Gluten)), Wheat (Gluten) Flour, Flavourings (Maize Starch, Yeast Extract, Savoury Flavour), Plant Fibre, Thickener (Methyl Cellulose), Salt, Rosemary, Marjoram, Sage, Mustard Seeds, Anti-caking Agent (E551), Garlic. Contains: Soy, Wheat, Gluten, Mustard.

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.

  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 228 frozen plant-based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 209th. 31% of the frozen plant-based foods 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 228 frozen plant-based foods, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6005207000307, last edited 20 February 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.