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Is Iceland Takeaway Chicken Korma ultra-processed?

375g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Iceland Takeaway Chicken Korma

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Chicken Chunks 28% (Chicken Breast 99%, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Whole Milk, Water, Onion 10%, Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water), Single Cream, Rapeseed Oil, White Sugar, Desiccated Coconut, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Maize Starch, Salt, Cumin, Coriander, Tomato Paste, Shio Koji (Rice, Water, Salt), Coriander, Brown Sugar, Cardamom, Paprika, Turmeric, Cinnamon, Chilli, see underlined ingredients in bold, warning! although every effort has been made to remove all bones, some may remain, 27

As written on the pack

Cooked Chicken Chunks (28%) (Chicken Breast (99%), Tapioca Starch, Salt), Whole Milk, Water, Onion (10%), Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract, Water), Single Cream (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, White Sugar, Desiccated Coconut, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Maize Starch, Salt, Roasted Ground Cumin, Roasted Ground Coriander, Tomato Paste, Shio Koji (Rice, Water, Salt), Coriander, Brown Sugar, Ground Cardamom, Paprika, Ground Turmeric, Cinnamon, Chilli Powder. ALLERGY ADVICE: FOR ALLERGEN, SEE UNDERLINED INGREDIENTS IN BOLD. WARNING! ALTHOUGH EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO REMOVE ALL BONES, SOME MAY REMAIN. 27

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 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 5010482870782, last edited 4 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.