Is Sainsbury's British Fresh 2 Garlic & Herb Chicken Kievs ultra-processed?

Breaded chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

42 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

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

British Chicken Breast 69%, Garlic 12%, Parsley Butter 12% (Butter (processing marker) (Cows' Milk), Roast Garlic Purée 6%, Garlic Purée 4%, Parsley 2%, Salt (processing marker), Concentrated Lemon Juice, White Pepper), Breadcrumb (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Salt (processing marker)), Rapeseed Oil, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Wheat Starch (processing marker), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Maize Flour, Rice Flour, Salt (processing marker), Yeast Extract Powder, Sugar (processing marker), Garlic, Onion, Paprika, Sage, White Pepper

As written on the pack

British Chicken Breast (69%), Garlic and Parsley Butter (12%) (Butter (Cows' Milk) (86%), Roast Garlic Purée (6%), Garlic Purée (4%), Parsley (2%), Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, White Pepper), Breadcrumb (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Semolina (Wheat), Wheat Starch, Wheat Gluten, Maize Flour, Rice Flour, Salt, Yeast Extract Powder, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Paprika, Sage, White Pepper

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 breaded chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 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 00410175, last edited 5 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.