Is Marks & Spencers Sweet & Smoky BBQ British Chicken Slices ultra-processed?

160 g Meats Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

19 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed meats

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, Sugar (processing marker) 77%, Cornflour, Brown Sugar (processing marker), Tomato Paste, Spices (Black Pepper, Smoked Paprika, Paprika, Cumin), White Wine Vinegar, Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Salt (processing marker), Black Treacle (processing marker), Chicken Stock, Dried Garli, c Smoked Salt, Dried Onion

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast (77% Sugar, Cornflour, Brown Sugar, Tomato Paste, Ground Spices (Black Pepper, Smoked Paprika, Paprika. Cumin), White Wine Vinegar, Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Salt, Black Treacle, Chicken Stock, Dried Garli,c Smoked Salt, Dried Onion. .

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,200 meats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 224th. 64% of the meats 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 1,200 meats, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29450619, last edited 25 August 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.