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Is My Muscle Chef Garlic and Herb Chicken ultra-processed?

300g Meals with chicken Sold in Australia

Pack of My Muscle Chef Garlic and Herb Chicken

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Arborio Rice 43%, Chicken Breast 28%, Mixed Vegetables 8% (Carrot, Corn, Green Peas, Leek), Onion 8%, Cream 4%, Spinach 2.5%, Parmesan Cheese 2.5%, Olive Oil 1.5%, White Wine 1%, Garlic 1%, Chicken Stock 1%, Sea Salt 1%, Black Pepper 1% (Wheat), Fish, Peanuts, Sesame, Crustaceans, Egg, Soy, Tree Nuts, Lupin, Sulphites

As written on the pack

Arborio Rice (43%), Chicken Breast (28%), Mixed Vegetables (8%) (Carrot, Corn, Green Peas, Leek), Onion (8%), Cream (4%) (contains Milk), Spinach (2.5%), Parmesan Cheese (2.5%) (contains Milk), Olive Oil (1.5%), White Wine (1%), Garlic (<1%), Chicken Stock Powder (<1%), Sea Salt <1%), Black Pepper (<1%). Allergen Advice Contains: Milk, May be present: Gluten (Wheat), Fish, Peanuts, Sesame, Crustaceans, Egg, Soy, Tree Nuts, Lupin and Sulphites.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.
  • 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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 79% of the meals with 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9353333000041, last edited 18 May 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.