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Is Sainsbury's Smoked Honey, Orange & Chilli Chicken Kebabs ultra-processed?

Chickens Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Smoked Honey, Orange & Chilli Chicken Kebabs

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:

  • 61 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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 77%, Smoky Honey and Chilli Sauce 14% (Water, Honey, Sugar, Lemon Juice, Cider Vinegar, Comflour, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Garlic, Cane Molasses, Chilli, Chilli), Water, Demerara Sugar, Comflour, Salt, Chilli, Cumin, Maltodextrin, Red Pepper, Garlic, Onion, Tomato, Orange Peel, Chilli, Red Pepper, Yeast Extract, Caraway, Coriander, Lemon Juice, Honey, Black Pepper, Cumin Seeds, Mint, Paprika Extract, Flavourings, Dried Oregano, ! Safety (This product is not suitable for rase cooking Do not undercook raw meat, Keep raw meat and sauce sachet separate from cooked foods, Use separate kitchen utensils and surfaces for raw meat and cooked foods and wash them thoroughly between use, Wash hands after handling raw meat and sauce sachet, Cook thoroughly until piping hot throughout), no pink colour remains and the juices run clear, If not fully cooked in accordance with the instructions harmful bacteria may remain, Although every care has been taken to remove all bones, some may remain, This product contains sharp skewers We're sure you'll love this product, If you don't, simply return for a full refund, and call our careline 0800 262, Your statutory rights are not affected Packed in Northern Ireland for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, ECIM 6HA and Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Upper Galwally, Belfast BTB SFX using chicken from the UK, Not for EU www.sainsburys.co.uk Packaged in a protective atmosphere, See reverse for further cooking and recycling information

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

British Chicken Breast (77%), Smoky Honey & Chilli Sauce (14%) (Water, Honey, Sugar, Lemon Juice, Cider Vinegar, Comflour, Smoked Water, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Garlic Powder, Cane Molasses, Chilli Flakes, Chilli Powder), Water, Demerara Sugar, Comflour, Salt, Chilli Powder, Cumin Powder, Maltodextrin, Red Pepper Powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Orange Peel, Chilli Flakes, Dried Red Pepper, Yeast Extract, Caraway Powder, Coriander Powder, Lemon Juice, Honey, Black Pepper, Cumin Seeds, Dried Mint, Paprika Extract, Flavourings, Dried Oregano. ! Safety: This product is not suitable for rase cooking Do not undercook raw meat. Keep raw meat and sauce sachet separate from cooked foods. Use separate kitchen utensils and surfaces for raw meat and cooked foods or wash them thoroughly between use. Wash hands after handling raw meat and sauce sachet. Cook thoroughly until piping hot throughout, no pink colour remains and the juices run clear. If not fully cooked in accordance with the instructions harmful bacteria may remain. Although every care has been taken to remove all bones, some may remain. This product contains sharp skewers We're sure you'll love this product. If you don't, simply return for a full refund. Or call our careline 0800 262. Your statutory rights are not affected Packed in Northern Ireland for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, ECIM 6HA and Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Upper Galwally, Belfast BTB SFX using chicken from the UK. Not for EU www.sainsburys.co.uk Packaged in a protective atmosphere. See reverse for further cooking and recycling information.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
3 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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 240th. 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 00491815, last edited 23 June 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.