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Is Roosters Southern Fried Chicken Thigh Fillet Burgers ultra-processed?

300g Chicken thighs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Roosters Southern Fried Chicken Thigh 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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chicken thighs

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 thigh fillet 66%, Water, Wheat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Modified Maize Starch, Modified Potato Starch, Wheat Gluten, Maize Starch, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Stabilisers (Triphosphates), Diphosphates, Sodium Citrates, Sugar, Rice Starch, Chickpea Flour, Fennel, Aniseed, Nutmeg, Oat Fibre, Chilli, Garlic, White Pepper, Barley Malt Extract, Capsicum Extract, Black Pepper, Lemon Fibre, Lime Fibre, Colour (Paprika Extract), Flavouring, Onion, Black Pepper Extract, Yeast

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E331 Sodium citrates , E450 Diphosphates , E451 Triphosphates

As written on the pack

CHICKEN THIGH FILLET (66%), Water, Wheat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Modified Maize Starch, Modified Potato Starch, Wheat Gluten, Maize Starch, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Stabilisers: Triphosphates, Diphosphates, Sodium Citrates; Sugar, Rice Starch, Chickpea Flour, Fennel Powder, Ground Aniseed, Nutmeg Extract, Oat Fibre, Chilli Powder, Garlic Powder, White Pepper, Barley Malt Extract, Capsicum Extract, Black Pepper, Lemon Fibre, Lime Fibre, Colour: Paprika Extract; Flavouring, Onion Powder, Black Pepper Extract, Yeast.

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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 11 chicken thighs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 82% of the chicken thighs 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 11 chicken thighs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600348858, 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.