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Is Roosters Buttermilk chicken breast fillet burgers ultra-processed?

400g Breaded chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Roosters Buttermilk chicken breast fillet burgers

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed breaded 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

Chicken Breast 61%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Modified Tapioca Starch, Rice Flour, Dextrose, Salt, Maize Starch, Potato Maltodextrin, Yeast, Raising Agents (Diphosphates), Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates, Pea Starch, Pea Fibre, Stabilisers (Diphosphates), Triphosphates, Yeast Extract, Garlic, Red Bell Pepper, Sugar, Onion, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Black Pepper, Flavouring, White Pepper, Chilli, Nutmeg, Turmeric, Paprika, Black Pepper Extract

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast (61%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Modified Tapioca Starch, Rice Flour, Dextrose, Salt, Maize Starch, Potato Maltodextrin, Yeast, Raising Agents: Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates; Pea Starch, Pea Fibre, Stabilisers: Diphosphates, Triphosphates; Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Red Bell Pepper Powder, Sugar, Onion Powder, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Black Pepper, Flavouring, White Pepper, Chilli Powder, Nutmeg, Turmeric, Paprika, Black Pepper Extract.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 breaded chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 114th. 83% of the breaded 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 115 breaded chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600560496, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.