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Is Honey Siracha Chicken ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Honey Siracha 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:

  • 47 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Jasmine Rice, Water, Jasmine Rice, Chicken Breast 14%, Cabbage, Tenderstem® Broccoli, Water, Muscovado Sugar, Red Pepper, Ginger, Honey, Garlic Purée, Lime Juice, Rice Wine, Rice Vinegar, Palm Oil, Sugar, Dried Onion, Ginger, Maize Starch, Corn Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour, Water, Chilli, Salt, Potato Starch, Soya Bean, Wheat, Chilli, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Pectin, Yellow Bean, Cinnamon Powder, Sunflower Oil, Paprika Extract, Spirit Vinegar, Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Carbonates, Made using Thai chicken, including cereals containing gluten, Caution (Although every care has been taken to remove bones), some may remain, This product can contain small fibres which come from the ginger, NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION When heated according to instructions Nutrition per (Energy)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Cooked Jasmine Rice [Water, Jasmine Rice), Chicken Breast (14%), Cabbage, Tenderstem® Broccoli, Water, Muscovado Sugar, Red Pepper, Ginger Purée, Honey, Garlic Purée, Concentrated Lime Juice, Rice Wine, Rice Vinegar, Palm Oil, Sugar, Dried Onion, Ginger, Maize Starch, Corn Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour, Smoked Water, Chilli Flakes, Salt, Potato Starch, Soya Bean, Wheat, Chilli Powder, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Yellow Bean, Cinnamon Powder, Sunflower Oil, Colour (Paprika Extract), Spirit Vinegar, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Carbonates). Made using Thai chicken. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Caution: Although every care has been taken to remove bones, some may remain. This product can contain small fibres which come from the ginger. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION When heated according to instructions Nutrition per 100g: Energy 568kJ/

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 165th. 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 5059512742934, last edited 18 August 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.