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Is MyProtein Salt & Pepper Chicken with Rice ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of MyProtein Salt & Pepper Chicken with Rice

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:

  • 78 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Seared Chicken Strips 39% (Chicken Breast 37.83%, Modified Tapioca Starch, Sugar, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Smoke Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Garlic, Parsley, Sunflower Oil, Chicken, Onion, White Pepper, Flavouring), Jasmine Rice 24% (Water, Long Grain Rice), Red Pepper 7%, Water, Cooked Scrambled Omelette 6% (Egg, Water, Maize Starch, Salt, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, White Pepper), Onion, Peas 3.5%, Ginger, Spring Onion 2.5%, Garlic Purée, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Soya Bean, Wheat, Sugar), Salt, Pepper Paste (Yeast Extract, Water, Black Pepper, Salt, Onion, Garlic Extract, Onion Extract, Tomato Paste, Flavouring, Red Pepper, Garlic, Cinnamon, Ground Ginger, Star Anise, Paprika, Cayenne, Fennel, Clove), Modified Maize Starch, Sesame Seed Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Reduced Sodium Salt (Salt, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride), Garlic, Yeast Extract, Fennel, Barley Malt Extract, Onion, Onion, Cassia, Red Chillies, Star Anise, Onion, Ground Ginger, Black Pepper, Clove

As written on the pack

Cooked Seared Chicken Strips (39%) (Chicken Breast (97%), Modified Tapioca Starch, Sugar, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Smoke Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Dried Parsley, Sunflower Oil, Chicken Powder, Onion Powder, White Pepper, Flavouring), Cooked Jasmine Rice (24%) (Water, Long Grain Rice), Red Pepper (7%), Water, Cooked Scrambled Omelette (6%) (Egg, Water, Maize Starch, Salt, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, White Pepper), Onion, Peas (3.5%), Ginger Purée, Spring Onion (2.5%), Garlic Purée, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Soya Bean, Roasted Wheat, Sugar), Salt & Pepper Paste (Yeast Extract (contains Barley), Water, Ground Black Pepper, Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Extract, Onion Extract, Tomato Paste, Flavouring, Red Pepper Powder, Garlic Powder, Cinnamon, Ground Ginger, Star Anise, Ground Paprika, Cayenne Powder, Ground Fennel, Clove Powder), Modified Maize Starch, Sesame Seed Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Reduced Sodium Salt (Salt, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride), Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract (contains Barley), Ground Fennel, Barley Malt Extract, Roasted Onion Powder, Onion Powder, Cassia, Dried Red Chillies, Star Anise, Roasted Onion Granules, Ground Ginger, Ground Black Pepper, Clove Powder. ALLERGY ADVICE:

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
6 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 92nd. 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 5010482954727, last edited 8 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.