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Is Itsu chicken soup dumplings ultra-processed?

Chicken and its products Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Itsu chicken soup dumplings

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed chicken and its products

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

Wheat flour, chicken 19%, chicken broth 17% (water, chicken bones, gelling agent (agar), spring onion, soy sauce, water, soya bean, wheat, salt), ginger, shiitake mushroom, salt, star anise, water, onion, spring onion 5%, shiitake mushroom, wood ear mushroom, soya bean protein, soya bean oil, soy sauce (water, soya bean, wheat, salt), ginger, sugar, yeast extract, salt, corn starch, garlic, maltodextrin, white pepper, chicken fat, chicken, wheat, turmeric

Additives: E406 Agar

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, chicken (19%), chicken broth (17%) (water, chicken bones, gelling agent: agar; spring onion, soy sauce [water, soya bean, wheat, salt), ginger, shiitake mushroom, salt, star anise), water, onion, spring onion (5%), shiitake mushroom, wood ear mushroom, soya bean protein, soya bean oil, soy sauce (water, soya bean, wheat, salt), ginger, sugar, yeast extract, salt, corn starch, garlic, maltodextrin, white pepper, chicken fat, chicken powder, wheat, turmeric.

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.

  • E406 Agar A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
5 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.

  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 467 chicken and its products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 318th. 74% of the chicken and its products 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 467 chicken and its products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060960662941, last edited 29 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.