Is Sainsbury's inspired to cook Chicken stock ultra-processed?

500ml Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's inspired to cook Chicken stock

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Chicken Bones, Chicken 0.8%, Salt (processing marker), Cornflour, Tomato Paste, Carrot, Leek, Onion, Garlic, Bay Leaf, Parsley, Sugar (processing marker), Mushroom Extract, Balsamic Vinegar, Olive Oil (processing marker), Thyme

As written on the pack

Water, Chicken Bones, Chicken (0.8%), Salt, Cornflour, Tomato Paste, Carrot, Leek, Onion, Garlic, Bay Leaf, Parsley, Sugar, Mushroom Extract, Balsamic Vinegar, Olive Oil, Thyme

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01635706, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.