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Is House of Chicken Buttermilk Chicken Breast Burgers ultra-processed?

300 g Breaded chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of House of Chicken Buttermilk Chicken Breast 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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed breaded chicken

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

Chicken Breast 70%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Buttermilk (Cows' Milk), Wheat Starch, Wheat Gluten, Potato Starch, Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Rice Flour, Yeast Extract, Dextrose, Yeast, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Black Pepper Extract, Sunflower Oil, Paprika Extract, Sage, Thyme, including cereals containing gluten, H Moy Pa 39 Sea Craig UKC ZUO e600-22 30 euo aut

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast (70%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Buttermilk (Cows' Milk) (28), Wheat Starch, Wheat Gluten, Potato Starch, Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Black Pepper, Rice Flour, Yeast Extract, Dextrose, Yeast, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Black Pepper Extract, Sunflower Oil, Colour (Paprika Extract), Sage Extract, Thyme Extract. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. H Moy Pa 39 Sea Craig UKC ZUO E 600-22 30 euo aut

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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.

  • 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 breaded chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 87th. 83% of the breaded 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 115 breaded chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010069724224, last edited 23 September 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.