Is Kevin's Natural Foods Thai-Style Coconut Chicken ultra-processed?

32 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:

E415 Xanthan gum

35 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

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

die total sugars 3g dludes 2g added sugars 0% 4% protein 230 omcg vitamin 14mg 0% calcium 2% iron tmg potassium 573mg 6% 10% de % daily value tells you how much a nutrient in a seving o nof food contributes to a daily diet, 2‚000 calories dayis useci for general nutrition advice, ngredients boneless skinless chicken breast boneles si inless chicken breast, water, vinegar, sa ai, vea st extract, chtrus extract, granulated galc, gan ulated onion, black pepper, spice, tha coconut sauce (coconut milk (coconut lcm, ater), water, coconut sugar (processing marker), lime me cinentrate, ginger spices, basil, tapioca g, yeast extract, sea salt (processing marker), lemongrass pure ienongrass, wateri, garlic, wehoated onion, turmeric, chilies, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), bac eper, monkfruit extract), ma oong coconut, contans

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

die total sugars 3g dludes 2g added sugars 0% 4% protein 230 omcg vitamin 14mg 0% calcium 2% iron tmg potassium 573mg 6% 10% de % daily value tells you how much a nutrient in a seving o nof food contributes to a daily diet, 2,000 calories dayis useci for general nutrition advice, ngredients boneless skinless chicken breast boneles si inless chicken breast , water, vinegar, sa ai, vea st extract, chtrus extract, granulated galc, gan ulated onion, black pepper, spice), tha coconut sauce (coconut milk [coconut lcm, ater], water, coconut sugar, lime me cinentrate, ginger spices, basil, tapioca g, yeast extract, sea salt, lemongrass pure ienongrass, wateri, dehydrated garlic, wehoated onion, turmeric, chilies, xanthan gum, bac eper, monkfruit extract), ma oong coconut, contans

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 66th. 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 0810264024052, last edited 18 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.