Is Lean Cuisine Balance Bowls Marina Chicken & Broccoli ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 46 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed broccoli
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
broccoli, water, cooked, grilled white meat chicken (white meat chicken, water isolated soy protein, modified food starch (ultra-processing marker), seasoning, chicken broth, chicken, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), sodium phosphate, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker)), cooked pasta (water, durum whole wheat flour, semolina wheat flour, egg whites), tomatoes, onions, tomato paste, parmesan cheese (processing marker) (cultured part-skim milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes (processing marker)), chicken broth, and LESS OF ROASTED GARLIC 2%, modified food starch (ultra-processing marker), tomato juice, spices, tamari soy sauce (processing marker) (water, soybeans, salt (processing marker), alcohol), apple cider vinegar, sea salt (processing marker), butter (processing marker) (cream, salt (processing marker)), chicken fat, onion, potassium salt, citric acid, calcium chloride
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
BROCCOLI, WATER, COOKED, GRILLED WHITE MEAT CHICKEN (WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, WATER ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SEASONING [DRIED CHICKEN BROTH, CHICKEN POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT), COOKED PASTA (WATER, DURUM WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, EGG WHITES). TOMATOES, ONIONS, TOMATO PASTE, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CHICKEN BROTH,2% OR LESS OF ROASTED GARLIC, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, TOMATO JUICE, SPICES, TAMARI SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT, ALCOHOL), APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, SEA SALT, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), CHICKEN FAT, ONION POWDER, POTASSIUM SALT, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE. CONTAINS: EGG, WHEAT, MILK, SOY
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
6 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
- Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.
Among 16 broccoli
From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 6% of the broccoli here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013800240583, last edited 9 May 2025), 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.