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Is Sainsbury's Classic Breaded Chicken Breast Mini Fillets ultra-processed?

305 g Breaded chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Classic Breaded Chicken Breast Mini Fillets

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:

  • 53 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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 Fillet 63%, Breadcrumb Coating 23%, Breadcrumb (Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Salt), Water, Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Semolina (Wheat), Wheat Starch, Wheat Gluten, Rice Flour, Rusk (Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt), Salt, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Black Pepper, Sunflower Oil, Sage, Paprika Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken, Shiitake Mushroom, Seaweed), Salt, Muscovado Sugar, Cornflour

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

British Chicken Breast Fillet (63%), Breadcrumb Coating (23%) (Breadcrumb (Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Salt), Water, Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Semolina (Wheat), Wheat Starch, Wheat Gluten, Rice Flour, Rusk (Fortified British Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt), Salt, Yeast Extract, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Black Pepper, Sunflower Oil, Sage Extract, Colour: Paprika Extract), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken, Shiitake Mushroom, Seaweed), Salt, Muscovado Sugar, Cornflour.

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.

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.
5 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 breaded chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 56th. 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 00301428, last edited 30 August 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.