Is Pinch Bangin’ Butter Chicken & Nutty Pilau Rice ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 69 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cooked Basmati Rice (Water, Basmati Rice, Cranberries (Sugar (processing marker), Cranberries, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Ginger, Rapeseed Oil, Cumin Seeds, Salt (processing marker), Cardamom, Curcumin (ultra-processing marker)), Chicken 20% (Chicken, Tomato Purée, Ginger, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Salt (processing marker), Soya Oil (processing marker), Yogurt Powder, Green Chilli, Water, Palm Oil, Chilli, Yogurt, Skimmed Milk, Coriander, Cumin, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Ginger Powder, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Mace, Fenugreek, Star Anise, Turmeric, Basil), Single Cream, Tomato Passata, Yogurt, Tomato, Water, Tomato Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Butter (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Muscovado Sugar (processing marker), Ginger, Cornflour, Pistachio Nuts, Flaked Almonds, Chicken, Salt (processing marker), Cumin, Green Chilli, Fenugreek, Kashmiri Chilli Powder, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Black Pepper, Clove, Fennel, Coriander, Carrot, Corn Starch (processing marker), Bay Leaf, Leek
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract
As written on the pack
Cooked Basmati Rice (Water, Basmati Rice, Sweetened Dried Cranberries (Sugar, Cranberries, Sunflower Oil), Ginger Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Cumin Seeds, Salt, Cardamom Powder, Colour (Curcumin)), Cooked Marinated Chicken (20%) (Chicken, Tomato Purée, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Salt, Soya Oil, Yogurt Powder (Milk), Green Chilli Purée, Water, Palm Oil, Chilli Powder, Yogurt (Milk), Skimmed Milk, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Colour (Paprika Extract), Ginger Powder, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Mace, Fenugreek, Star Anise, Turmeric, Basil), Single Cream (Milk), Tomato Passata, Yogurt (Milk), Tomato, Water, Tomato Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Butter (Milk), Garlic Purée, Muscovado Sugar, Ginger Purée, Cornflour, Pistachio Nuts, Flaked Almonds, Chicken Extract, Salt, Cumin Powder, Green Chilli Purée, Fenugreek, Kashmiri Chilli Powder, Cinnamon, Cardamom Powder, Black Pepper, Clove, Fennel, Coriander Powder, Carrot, Corn Starch, Bay Leaf, Leek
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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.
Among 78 cooked chicken
From least to most processed, this one ranks 50th. 79% of the cooked chicken here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051873005796, last edited 1 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.