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Is Pret Shawarma Spiced Chicken Flatbread ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 66 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meals with chicken

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

Flatbread, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Salt, Chicken 22% (Chicken Breast, Salt), Humous (Cooked Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Water), Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Salt), Cabbage, Carrot (Red Cabbage, Carrot, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Cucumber, Shawarma Spice Paste 7% (Water, Sugar, Red Pepper, Coriander, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Tomato Paste, Spirit Vinegar, Red Chilli Purée, Cumin, Cornflour, Garlic Powder, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Yeast Extract Powder (Yeast Extract, Salt), Olive Oil, Spearmint, Ginger, Cinnamon, Onion Powder, Chilli, Cardamom, Lemon Zest, Cayenne Pepper, Pimento, Garlic Purée, Paprika Extract, Nutmeg, Black Pepper), Spinach, Red Onion

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Flatbread (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Salt), Chicken (22%) (Chicken Breast, Salt), Humous (Cooked Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Water), Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste (Sesame), Rapeseed Oil, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Salt), Pickled Cabbage and Carrot (Red Cabbage, Carrot, Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Salt), Cucumber, Shawarma Spice Paste (7%) (Water, Sugar, Red Pepper Purée, Coriander, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Tomato Paste, Spirit Vinegar, Red Chilli Purée, Cumin Powder, Cornflour, Garlic Powder, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Yeast Extract Powder (Yeast Extract, Salt), Olive Oil, Spearmint, Ginger Purée, Cinnamon, Onion Powder, Crushed Dried Chilli, Cardamom, Lemon Zest, Cayenne Pepper, Ground Pimento, Garlic Purée, colour (Paprika Extract), Nutmeg, Black Pepper), Spinach, Red Onion.

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.

5 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 78th. 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 5059977012047, last edited 26 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.