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Is Marks & Spencer Chicken Breast Fillet made without wheat ultra-processed?

270 g Breaded chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Chicken Breast Fillet made without wheat

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed breaded 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 72%, Water 7%, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour Chickpea Flour Maize Flour, Cornflour, Potato Starch Salt Raising Agent (e450), Sodium Bicarbonate Vinegar Concentrated Lemon Juice Ground Black Pepper Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum, Ground White Pepper Dextrose Dried sage)

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

• • Chicken Breast (72%) Water (7%) Rapeseed Oil. Rice Flour Chickpea Flour Maize Flour · Cornflour. Potato Starch Salt Raising Agent: E450, Sodium Bicarbonate Vinegar Concentrated Lemon Juice Ground Black Pepper Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum. Ground White Pepper Dextrose Dried sage. . .

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 breaded chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 83% of the breaded 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 115 breaded chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00787079, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.