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Is Kevin's Cilantro Lime Chicken ultra-processed?

32 oz Meals with chicken Sold in the United States

Pack of Kevin's Cilantro Lime 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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chicken in chicken broth cooked out as a result of the sous-vide process (boneless skinless chicken breast, water, vinegar, yeast extract, sea salt, onion, black pepper, citrus extract), cilantro lime sauce (water, roasted poblano chilies, cilantro, high oleic sunflower oil, parsley, olive oil, garlic, lime juice concentrate, jalapeño, sea salt, lemon juice concentrate, garlic, tapioca starch, spices, black pepper, xanthan gum, sunflower lecithin, monk fruit extract)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

CHICKEN IN CHICKEN BROTH COOKED OUT AS A RESULT OF THE SOUS-VIDE PROCESS (BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST, WATER, VINEGAR, YEAST EXTRACT, SEA SALT, CULTURED ONION JUICE, BLACK PEPPER, CITRUS EXTRACT), CILANTRO LIME SAUCE (WATER, ROASTED POBLANO CHILIES, CILANTRO, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, PARSLEY, OLIVE OIL, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, JALAPEÑO, SEA SALT, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, DEHYDRATED ROASTED GARLIC, TAPIOCA STARCH, SPICES, BLACK PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT)

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 158th. 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 0810264024014, 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.