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Is Sainsbury's Shawarma Chicken & Tabbouleh Salad ultra-processed?

Salads with meat Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Bulgur Wheat, Shawarma Chicken 13% (British Chicken Thigh, Yogurt (Cows' Milk), Spices, Sunflower Oil, Garlic Purée, Salt, Ginger), Chickpeas 9% (Chickpeas, Rapeseed Oil, Cumin, Smoked Paprika, Coriander, Black Pepper), Tahini Dressing 9% (Water, Tahini, Lemon Juice, Maple Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Lemon Zest), Tomatoes, Spinach, Red Onion (Red Onion, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Beetroot Powder, Salt), Red Onion, Lemon Juice, Rapeseed Oil, Parsley, Red 3.6g Peppers, Yellow Pepper, Salt, Mint, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Cooked Bulgur Wheat, Shawarma Chicken (13%) (British Chicken Thigh, Yogurt (Cows' Milk), Spices, Sunflower Oil, Garlic Purée, Salt, Ginger Purée), Roasted Chickpeas (9%) (Chickpeas, Rapeseed Oil, Cumin Powder, Smoked Paprika, Coriander Powder, Black Pepper), Tahini Dressing (9%) (Water, Tahini (Sesame), Lemon Juice, Maple Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Lemon Zest), Tomatoes, Spinach, Pickled Red Onion (Red Onion, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Beetroot Powder, Salt), Red Onion, Lemon Juice, Rapeseed Oil, Parsley, Red 3.6g Peppers, Yellow Pepper, Salt, Mint, Black Pepper

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 salads with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 67% of the salads with meat 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 27 salads with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00498500, 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.
  • 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.