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Is Inspired Cuisine Peri Peri Chicken ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Inspired Cuisine Peri Peri 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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cooked yellow rice 34% (Water, Long Grain Rice, Red Pepper, Peas, Turmeric), peri peri sauce (319), Water, Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Modified Maize Starch, Spirit Vinegar, Smoked Paprika, Salt, Hot Chilli Powder (Cumin, Cayenne Chilli Powder, Paprika Powder, Garlic, Oregano, Rapeseed Oil, Salt), Black Pepper, Rubbed Oregano, chicken breast 23% (Chicken Breast, Salt), vegetables 12% (Edamame Beans, Red Onions, Red Pepper)

As written on the pack

COOKED YELLOW RICE (34%) (Water, Long Grain Rice, Diced Red Pepper, Peas, Ground Turmeric), PERI PERI SAUCE (319) [Water, Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Modified Maize Starch, Spirit Vinegar, Ground Smoked Paprika, Salt, Hot Chilli Powder (Cumin Powder, Cayenne Chilli Powder, Paprika Powder, Garlic Powder, Ground Oregano, Rapeseed Oil, Salt), Ground Black Pepper, Rubbed Oregano), COOKED CHICKEN BREAST (23%) (Chicken Breast, Salt), VEGETABLES (12%) (Edamame Beans (Soya), Sliced Red Onions, Sliced Red Pepper). ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.

  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 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 4061461179137, last edited 28 April 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.