Is Inspired Cuisine Sweet & Sour Chicken ultra-processed?

380g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E150a Plain caramel

31 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

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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

chicken breast 25% (Chicken, Corn Flour), Long Grain Rice (Water, Long Grain Rice), Water, Onion, Red Peppers, Barley Malt Vinegar, Peas, Pineapple, Tomato Purée, Sugar (processing marker), Ginger, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Soy Sauce (processing marker) (Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt (processing marker), Alcohol), Water, Plain Caramel (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker)), Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), Red Chillies

Additives: E150a Plain caramel

As written on the pack

COOKED CHICKEN BREAST (25%) (Chicken, Corn Flour), Cooked Long Grain Rice (Water, Long Grain Rice), Water, Onion, Red Peppers, Barley Malt Vinegar, Peas, Pineapple, Tomato Purée, Sugar, Ginger Purée, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Soy Sauce [Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt, Alcohol), Water, Colour: Plain Caramel; Sugar, Salt], Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Red Chillies.

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.

E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.

4 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.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 65th. 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 4061462108532, last edited 26 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.