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Is Quixo Chicken stock ultra-processed?

120 g Broths Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Quixo Chicken stock

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
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed broths

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

salt, maize starch, maltodextrin, palm fat, yeast extract, sugar, chicken fat 3%, chicken 1%, onion, turmeric, flavouring, parsley 0.5%, acid (citric acid), white pepper, sources, egg, mustard, soya, no artifical colours, flavourings, preservatives, nutrițion this pack contains 12 stock cubes, typical values (made up as directed), per 100ml per stock cube, 30kj

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

salt, maize starch, maltodextrin, palm fat, yeast extract, sugar, chicken fat (3%), chicken powder (1%), onion powder, turmeric, flavouring, dried parsley (0,5%), acid: citric acid, white pepper, allergy advice: may contain celery, milk, gluten sources, egg, mustard and soya, no artifical colours, flavourings or preservatives, nutrițion this pack contains 12 stock cubes, typical values (made up as directed) per 100ml per stock cube (450ml) 30kj/

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.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 240 broths

From least to most processed, this one ranks 149th. 70% of the broths 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 240 broths, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600263458, last edited 27 March 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.