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Is M&S Collection Indian Delhi Butter Chicken ultra-processed?

250g Butter chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Collection Indian Delhi Butter Chicken

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 51 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed butter 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

Chicken Breast 58%, Single Cream, Water, Tomato Paste 10%, Butter, Yogurt, Garlic Puree, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Ginger, Sugar, Salt, Lime Juice, Garam Masala (Roasted Sweet Cinnamon (Cassia), Coriander, Green Cardamom, Black Pepper, Coriander, Cumin, Fennel, Cinnamon, Star Anise, Mace, Cumin, Cloves, Nutmeg, Bay Leaves, Ginger), Cane Sugar, Coriander, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Kashmiri Chilli Powder, Fenugreek Leaves, Natural Colour (Paprika Extract), Chilli, Bay Leaves, Coriander, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cracked Black Pepper, Green Cardamom, Green Cardamom, Cloves, Red Peppers, Coriander, Cumin, Black Pepper

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Smoked Chicken Breast (58%), Single Cream (Milk) (18%), Water, Tomato Paste (10%), Butter (Milk) (5%), Yogurt (Milk), Garlic Puree, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Ginger Puree, Sugar, Salt, Lime Juice, Ground Garam Masala (Roasted Sweet Cinnamon (Cassia), Coriander, Green Cardamom, Black Pepper, Roasted Coriander, Roasted Cumin, Fennel, Cinnamon, Star Anise, Mace, Cumin, Cloves, Nutmeg, Bay Leaves, Ginger), Cane Sugar, Coriander, Smoked Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed), Kashmiri Chilli Powder, Fenugreek Leaves, Natural Colour: Paprika Extract, Chilli Powder, Ground Bay Leaves, Ground Coriander, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cracked Black Pepper, Ground Green Cardamom, Roasted Green Cardamom, Ground Cloves, Dried Red Peppers, Roasted Coriander, Roasted Cumin, Ground Black Pepper

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
5 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 butter chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 50% of the butter 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 10 butter chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29422371, last edited 1 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.