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Is OXO Chicken Stock Pot ultra-processed?

4 x 20g Poultry broth Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of OXO Chicken Stock Pot

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed poultry broth

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

water, iodised salt, dried glucose syrup, chicken stock 6% (chicken bone stock, water, chicken fat, salt), chicken fat 4%, pectin, sugar, flavourings, yeast extract (yeast, vegetable extract), garlic powder, lactic acid, onion powder, salt, black pepper, beetroot powder, carrot powder, parsley, turmeric, potassium sorbate, bay leaf, natural rosemary flavouring

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

water, iodised salt, dried glucose syrup, chicken stock (6%) (chicken bone stock, water, chicken fat, salt), chicken fat (4%), gelling agent (pectin), sugar, flavourings, yeast extract (yeast, vegetable extract), garlic powder, acidity regulator (lactic acid), onion powder, salt, ground black pepper, beetroot powder, carrot powder, dried parsley, ground turmeric, preservative (potassium sorbate), ground bay leaf, natural rosemary flavouring,

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
3 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 poultry broth

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 71% of the poultry broth 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 28 poultry broth, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 96199695, last edited 14 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.