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Is Rooster's Tempura Chicken Tenders ultra-processed?

Chickens Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Rooster's Tempura Chicken Tenders

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed chickens

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 fillet 63%, Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Maize Starch, Maize Flour, Potato Starch, Salt, Car Raising Agents (Diphosphates), Sodium Carbonates, Dextrose, Xanthan Gum, Prot WARNING, Although every effort has been made to remove Salt bones, some small bones may remain, Packa No artificial colours, flavourings, preservatives, use by (See front of pack, storage), Keep refrigerated below 4°C at the bottom of the fridge, Once opened Produ SPECI PO Box Aldi St Naas C keep refrigerated and consume within 24 hours and by date shown, freezing (Suitable for freezing Freeze by date mark shown and use within one month Never defrost in a warm room, Do not refreeze once defrosted 300g e 4061463985972 ALD2400668)

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

CHICKEN BREAST FILLET (63%), Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Maize Starch, Maize Flour, Potato Starch, Salt, Car Raising Agents: Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates; Dextrose, Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum. Prot WARNING: Although every effort has been made to remove Salt bones, some small bones may remain. Packa No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives. USE BY: See front of pack. STORAGE: Keep refrigerated below 4°C at the bottom of the fridge. Once opened Produ SPECI PO Box Aldi St Naas C keep refrigerated and consume within 24 hours and by date shown. FREEZING: Suitable for freezing Freeze by date mark shown and use within one month Never defrost in a warm room. Do not refreeze once defrosted 300g e 4061463985972 ALD2400668

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 311th. 74% of the chickens 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 356 chickens, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061463985972, last edited 9 September 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.