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Is Sainsbury's Plant Pioneers Southern Fried No Chicken Goujon ultra-processed?

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Pack of Sainsbury's Plant Pioneers Southern Fried No Chicken Goujon

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:

  • 105 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Tortilla Wrap (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Palm Oil, Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Malic Acid, Wheat Starch), Wheat Protein 20%, Pea Protein Spiced Goujons 20% (Water, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Textured Wheat Protein 14%, Rapeseed Oil, Textured Pea Protein 7%, Soya Protein Isolate, Methyl Cellulose, Yeast Extract, Wheat Fibre, Flavouring, Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Yeast Powder, Salt, Fennel, White Pepper, Paprika Powder, Sugar, Sage, Sea Salt, Potassium Sorbate, Garlic Powder), Lettuce, Red Pepper, Red Chilli Sauce (Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Red Pepper 10%, Comflour, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Red Chilli Purée, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika Extract, Red Pepper, Garlic Powder), Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Salt, Pea Protein, White Pepper, Mustard Seeds), Carrot, Cabbage, Water, Fried Onions 3.5% (Palm Oil, Wheat Flour, Onion, Salt), Onion, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Tomato Paste, Muscovado Sugar, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Smoked Salt, Pimento, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Garlic Purée, Plain Caramel, Mustard Flour, Onion Powder, including cereals containing gluten, Also, not suitable for customers with an allergy to sesame due to manufacturing methods, Recycle Packed in the UK for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, EC1N 2HT and Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Upper Galwally, Belfast, bt8 6fx, Careline 0800 636262 www.sainsburys.co.uk P36124

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E296 Malic acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E461 Methyl cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Tortilla Wrap (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Palm Oil, Raising Agents: Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate; Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Acidity Regulator: Malic Acid; Wheat Starch), Wheat Protein and Pea Protein Spiced Goujons (20%) (Water, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Textured Wheat Protein (14%), Rapeseed Oil, Textured Pea Protein (7%), Soya Protein Isolate, Thickener: Methyl Cellulose; Yeast Extract, Wheat Fibre, Flavouring, Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Yeast Powder, Salt, Fennel Powder, White Pepper, Paprika Powder, Sugar, Sage Extract, Sea Salt, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate; Garlic Powder), Lettuce, Red Pepper and Red Chilli Sauce (Water, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Red Pepper Purée (10%), Comflour, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Red Chilli Purée, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika Extract, Red Pepper, Garlic Powder), Vegan Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Stabilisers: Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum; Salt, Pea Protein, White Pepper, Mustard Seeds), Carrot, Cabbage, Water, Fried Onions (3.5%) (Palm Oil, Wheat Flour, Onion, Salt), Onion, Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Tomato Paste, Muscovado Sugar, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Smoked Salt, Pimento, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Garlic Purée, Natural Colour: Plain Caramel; Mustard Flour, Onion Powder. Allergy advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Also, not suitable for customers with an allergy to sesame due to manufacturing methods. 8136899 00346 12.22 Recycle Packed in the UK for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, EC1N 2HT and Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Upper Galwally, Belfast, BT8 6FX. Careline 0800 636262 www.sainsburys.co.uk P36124

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
7 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 356th. 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 00485494, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.