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Is Inspired Cuisine Chicken tikka masala with palau rice ultra-processed?

450 g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Pack of Inspired Cuisine Chicken tikka masala with palau rice

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:

  • 84 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

pilau rice 43% (water, basmati rice, onion, rapeseed oil, salt, cumin seeds, turmeric whole green cardamom pods, cardamom, bay leaf, cloves), chargrilled marinated chcen (1696, chicken breast, water, cornflour, canola oil, salt, garfic purée, yogurt powder, green chili puée r, paika chil powder, coriander, cumin, paprika extract, fenugreek, grin), o kera teg imrm, lack pepper, ground clove, cardamom, mace, nutmeg, str anise, groc rá b 16%, onion (onion, water), yogurt 4.5%, mik, to a1s past puree (water, cashew nuts), onion, garlic purée, gingerpurée, sugar, coriander lea, conriaur paprika, salt, water, tandoori masala powder (paprika, salt, coriander, turmeric, da, deve, whte pepper, bay leaf, chili powder), garam masala (coriander, cumin, cinnamon, irsy ite perper, faprika, clove, chil powder, nutmeg cardamom, bay leaf), coriander, cumin powder tusmers, reaugeek leaf powder, chili powder, paprika extract, alc rf gram tr si 40886000 allergy advice, warning (this product contains whole spices), although every effort has been made to remove bones, some small bones may remain, no artficáal olour, favouring o preservatives, 450ge

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

pilau rice (43%) (water, basmati rice, onion, rapeseed oil, salt, cumin seeds, turmeric whole green cardamom pods, ground cardamom, whole bay leaf, whole cloves), chargrilled marinated chcen (1696) (chicken breast, water, cornflour, canola oil, salt, garfic purée, yogurt powder (milk), green chili puée r, paika chil powder, ground coriander,cumin, colour: paprika extract, ground fenugreek, grin) (, o kera teg imrm,lack pepper, ground clove , cardamom, mace, nutmeg, str anise, groc rá b (16%) (milk), onion puree (onion, water), yogurt (4,5%) (mik, to a1s past puree (water,cashew nuts), onion, garlic purée, gingerpurée,sugar, coriander lea, conriaur paprika, salt, oak smoked water,tandoori masala powder(paprika, salt, coriander, turmeric, da, deve, whte pepper, bay leaf,chili powder), garam masala powder (coriander, cumin, cinnamon, irsy ite perper,faprika, clove, chil powder, nutmeg cardamom, bay leaf), ground coriander, cumin powder tusmers, reaugeek leaf powder , chili powder,colour: paprika extract, alc rf gram tr si 40886000 allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may also contain peanuts, other nuts and sesame, warning: this product contains whole spices,although every effort has been made to remove bones, some small bones may remain, no artficáal olour, favouring o preservatives, 450ge

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.

3 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 79th. 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 4088600068688, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.