Is Marks & Spencer Coconut chicken bowl ultra-processed?

Cooked chicken Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Sugar
Vegetable fat
Vegetable oil

37 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed cooked 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 29%, Water Butternut Squash 11%, Onions, Brown Basmati Rice 10% (Basmati Rice, Water, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Spinach, Cornflour, Yogurt, Creamed Coconut (processing marker) 1.5%, Sugar (processing marker), Tomato Purée, Coriander Leaf, Desiccated Coconut, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Ginger, Green Chilli, Tapioca (processing marker), Spices (Turmeric, Cumin, Coriander, Cardamom, Black Pepper, Cloves, Mace, Cassia, Ginger, Nutmeg, Fennel, Bay Leaves), Concentrated Lemon Juice Ground Roasted Spices (Coriander, Cumin)

As written on the pack

Chicken (29%) Water Butternut Squash (11 %) • Onions • Cooked Brown Basmati Rice (10%) (Basmati Rice • Water • Sunflower Oil) • Spinach • Cornflour • Yogurt (Milk) • Creamed Coconut (1.5%) • Sugar • Tomato Purée • Coriander Leaf • Desiccated Coconut • Salt • Garlic Purée • Rapeseed Oil • Ginger Purée • Green Chilli Purée • Tapioca • Ground Spices (Turmeric • Cumin • Coriander • Cardamom • Black Pepper • Cloves • Mace • Cassia • Ginger • Nutmeg • Fennel • Bay Leaves) • Concentrated Lemon Juice Ground Roasted Spices (Coriander • Cumin). For allergens see ingredients in bold.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
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 78 cooked chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 79% of the cooked 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 78 cooked chicken, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00264525, last edited 12 April 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.