Is Kevin's Natural Foods Korean BBQ-Style Chicken ultra-processed?

9.5 oz Meals with chicken Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Sweetener
E415 Xanthan gum

25 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Less processed meals with chicken

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 boneless skinless chicken breast, water, vinegar, yeast extract, sea salt (processing marker), onion, GUM, black pepper, citrus extract, brown rice, coconut nectar, coconut sugar (processing marker), roasted sesame oil (processing marker), lemongrass, tapioca starch (processing marker), cilantro, spices, onion, garlic, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), shiitake mushroom, monk fruit extract (ultra-processing marker), broccoli, carrots, sesame

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST, WATER, VINEGAR, YEAST EXTRACT, SEA SALT, CULTURED ONION JUICE, GUM, BLACK PEPPER, CITRUS EXTRACT, BROWN RICE, COCONUT NECTAR, COCONUT SUGAR, ROASTED SESAME OIL, LEMONGRASS PUREE, TAPIOCA STARCH, CILANTRO, SPICES, DEHYDRATED MINCED ONION, DEHYDRATED MINCED GARLIC, XANTHAN GUM, SHIITAKE MUSHROOM, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT, BROCCOLI, CARROTS, SESAME.

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.

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.

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
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 95th. 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 0810264027114, last edited 11 July 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.