Is Sainsbury's Chicken Breasts Coconut Mango And Chilli ultra-processed?

Chickens 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:

Flavouring
Maltodextrin
E412 Guar gum

21 ingredients
2 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

british chicken breast portions 93%, sugar (processing marker), cornflour, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), desiccated coconut 0.3%, coriander, onion powder, green pepper, red pepper, red pepper, yeast extract, turmeric, citric acid, yeast, chilli, mango 0.06%, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), parsley, stabiliser (guar gum (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

british chicken breast portions (93%), sugar, cornflour, flavourings, salt, desiccated coconut (0.3%), coriander, onion powder, dried green pepper, dried red pepper, red pepper powder, yeast extract, turmeric, citric acid, yeast, chilli flakes, mango extract (0.06%). maltodextrin, parsley, stabiliser: guar gum

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

2 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 248th. 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 00523929, last edited 12 July 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.