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Is Lidl Chicken Tikka Samosa ultra-processed?

100g Samosas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Chicken Tikka Samosa

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 41 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed salty snacks

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

s Pastry (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt), Chicken 16%, Onion, Peas 15%, Rapeseed Oil, Textured Soya Protein, Water, Tikka Seasoning (Salt, Sugar, Coriander Leaf, Vegetable Bouillon (Yeast Extract Powder, Garlic, Onion), Coriander, Chilli, Cumin, Ginger, Garlic, Paprika, Cumin Seeds, Cassia, Cardamom, Fennel, Clove, Turmeric, Coriander Leaf Oil), Lemon Juice, Sugar, Cumin Seed, Chilli

As written on the pack

s Pastry (Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt), 16% Chicken, Onion, 15% Peas, Rapeseed Oil, Textured Soya Protein, Water, Tikka Seasoning (Salt, Sugar, Coriander Leaf, Vegetable Bouillon [Yeast Extract Powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder], Coriander, Chilli Powder, Cumin, Ginger, Garlic Powder, Paprika, Cumin Seeds, Cassia, Cardamom, Fennel, Clove, Turmeric, Coriander Leaf Oil), Lemon Juice, Sugar, Cumin Seed, Chilli Powder.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 samosas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 31% of the samosas 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 13 samosas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489895008, last edited 27 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.