Is Inspired cuisine Chicken and prawn paella ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 54 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
risotto rice 34% (water, risotto rice), onion, chicken breast 10% (chicken breast 9.7%, cornflour, salt (processing marker), paprika powder, smoked paprika, white pepper), tomato, peas, red pepper, king prawns 6% (king prawn (penaeus vannamei), water, salt (processing marker)), water, chorizo 3% (pork 2.85%, paprika powder, salt (processing marker), smoked paprika, garlic, preservatives (processing marker) (potassium nitrate (processing marker)), sodium nitrite (processing marker), antioxidant (extracts of rosemary)), crushed tomatoes, garlic purée, tomato purée, smoked paprika, garlic, cornflour, paprika powder, chicken stock (chicken stock, chicken, chicken broth, chicken fat (chicken fat, antioxidant (extracts of rosemary)), salt (processing marker), water), salt (processing marker), turmeric, parsley, black pepper, nut typi, cool enerc fat of wh carbo of wh fibre prote salt use b stor free
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E392 Extracts of rosemary
As written on the pack
cooked risotto rice (34%) (water, risotto rice), onion, cooked marinated chicken breast (10%) (chicken breast (97%), cornflour, salt, paprika powder, smoked paprika, white pepper), tomato, peas, red pepper, king prawns (6%) (king prawn (penaeus vannamei) (crustacean), water, salt), water, chorizo (3%) (pork (95%), paprika powder, salt, smoked paprika, garlic, preservatives: potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite, antioxidant: extracts of rosemary), crushed tomatoes, garlic purée, tomato purée, smoked paprika, garlic, cornflour, paprika powder, chicken stock [chicken stock, chicken extract, chicken broth, chicken fat (chicken fat, antioxidant: extracts of rosemary), salt, water], salt, turmeric, parsley, black pepper, allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, nut typi (cool enerc fat of wh carbo of wh fibre prote salt use b stor free
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.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
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.
Among 12 paella
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 75% of the paella here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600252315, last edited 31 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.