Is Heck Chicken Italia ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score A
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
British Chicken 75%, Water, Pea Flour, Seasoning (Salt (processing marker), Rice Flour, Sugar (processing marker), Leek, Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium SULPHITE), Spice, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Spice Extract, Herb Extract), Oven Dried Tomato 2%, Basil 1%, Mozzarella Cheese (processing marker) 1% (Mozzarella Cheese, Anticaking Agent (processing marker) (Potato Starch (processing marker))), Garlic 0.6%, Citrus Fibre (ultra-processing marker), We use this to help our burgers stay fresh for longer, ALLERGENS Refer to ingredients in BOLD, Produced in the UK using British Chickon
Additives: E221 Sodium sulphite , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
British Chicken (75%), Water, Pea Flour, Seasoning (Salt, Gluten Free Rice Flour, Sugar, Dried Leek, Preservative (Sodium SULPHITE**), Spice, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Spice Extract, Herb Extract), Oven Dried Tomato (2%), Basil (1%), Mozzarella Cheese (1%) (MILK) ( Mozzarella Cheese, Anticaking Agent (Potato Starch)), Garlic (0.6 %), Citrus Fibre. **We use this to help our burgers stay fresh for longer. ALLERGENS Refer to ingredients in BOLD. Produced in the UK using British Chickon
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
7 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.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 91 cooked poultries
From least to most processed, this one ranks 59th. 77% of the cooked poultries here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060317350347, last edited 22 May 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.