Is Lidl Birchwood Breaded Chicken Steaks ultra-processed?

505 g Chickens Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Sugar

19 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed chickens

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

British Chicken Breast 65%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Yeast, Yeast Extract, Sugar (processing marker), Dried Garlic, Dried Onion, Spices (Paprika, White Pepper), Sage

As written on the pack

65% British Chicken Breast, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Starch, Salt, Yeast, Yeast Extract, Sugar, Dried Garlic, Dried Onion, Ground Spices (Paprika, White Pepper), Ground Sage.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 67th. 74% of the chickens 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 356 chickens, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489101406, last edited 26 March 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.