Is Roosters Chicken Kievs - Garlic & Herb ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 35 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed chicken kievs
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
chicken breast 56%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Butter (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Maize Flour, Garlic Purée, Pea Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Pea Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Yeast, Xylose, Parsley, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Stabilisers (Diphosphates (ultra-processing marker)), Triphosphates (ultra-processing marker), Garlic, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Black Pepper, Paprika, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), warning (Although every effort has been made to remove bones), some small bones may remain, Prote Salt STO Foo Star Froz Con of F Ice BI Pr
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E300 Ascorbic acid , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates
As written on the pack
CHICKEN BREAST (56%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Butter (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Maize Flour, Garlic Purée, Pea Fibre, Pea Starch, Salt, Yeast, Xylose, Parsley, Dextrose, Wheat Gluten, Stabilisers: Diphosphates, Triphosphates; Garlic Powder, Sunflower Oil, Flavouring, Black Pepper, Paprika, Paprika Extract, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. WARNING: Although every effort has been made to remove bones, some small bones may remain. No artificial flavourings. Prote Salt STO Foo Star Froz Con of F Ice BI Pr
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- 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.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 13 chicken kievs
From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 77% of the chicken kievs here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600244556, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.