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Is M&S Food Dinky Popcorn Chicken Bites ultra-processed?

Chicken and its products Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Dinky Popcorn Chicken Bites

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:

  • 54 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chicken and its products

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

Water, Coconut Milk 13% (Coconut, Water), Apples, Onions, Soy Sauce (Water, Sugar, Salt, Soybeans, Barley Malt Extract, Vinegar (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin)), Sugar, White Miso (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Ginger, Rapeseed Oil, Carrots, Spices 2% (Coriander, Cumin, Turmeric, Fenugreek, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Star Anise, Cloves), Garlic Purée, Vegetable Stock (Water, Onions, Carrots, Leeks, Yeast Extract, Kelp, Shiitake Mushrooms, Salt, Lemon Juice, Bay Leaves, White Pepper, Thyme), Cornflour, Salt, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic

As written on the pack

Water, Coconut Milk (13%) (Coconut, Water), Apples, Onions, Soy Sauce (Water, Sugar, Salt, Soybeans, Barley Malt Extract (contains Gluten), Vinegar, Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin)), Sugar, White Miso (Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt), Ginger Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Carrots, Ground Spices (2%) (Coriander, Cumin, Turmeric, Fenugreek, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Star Anise, Cloves), Garlic Purée, Vegetable Stock (Water, Onions, Carrots, Leeks, Yeast Extract, Kelp, Shiitake Mushrooms, Salt, Lemon Juice, Bay Leaves, Ground White Pepper, Thyme), Cornflour, Salt, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 467 chicken and its products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 104th. 74% of the chicken and its products 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 467 chicken and its products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29250646, last edited 23 February 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.