Is Little Dish Mild Chicken Tikka ultra-processed?

200g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Little Dish Mild Chicken Tikka

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Rice 45%, Tomatoes 13%, Chicken 12%, Water, Coconut Milk 6%, Onion 5%, Mango 4%, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, Ginger, Yeast Extract, Spices, Coriander, Raisins, Garlic Purée, Desiccated Oil (Coconut Oil (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker))

As written on the pack

Cooked Rice (45%), Tomatoes (13%), Cooked Chicken (12%)*, Water, Coconut Milk (6%)**, Onion (5%), Mango (4%), Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, Ginger Purée, Yeast Extract, Spices, Coriander, Raisins, Garlic Purée, Desiccated Coconut, Sunflower Oil.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 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 5060121673823, last edited 1 October 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.