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Is Sainsbury's Southern Fried Chicken Breast Mini Fillets ultra-processed?

305 g Breaded chicken Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of Sainsbury's Southern Fried 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 5 additives

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

Chicken Breast Fillet 64%, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Wheat Starch, Maize Flour, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Black Pepper, Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Carbonates, Onion Powder, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Fennel, Yeast Extract, Yeast, Paprika, Cayenne Pepper, Citric Acid, White Pepper, Black Pepper Extract, Paprika Extract, Yeast Powder, Sunflower Oil, Nutmeg, Garlic Extract, Onion Oil

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast Fillet (64%), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Wheat Starch, Maize Flour, Wheat Gluten, Salt, Tapioca Starch, Black Pepper, Raising Agents: Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Carbonates; Onion Powder, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Fennel, Yeast Extract, Yeast, Paprika, Cayenne Pepper, Citric Acid, White Pepper, Black Pepper Extract, Paprika Extract, Yeast Powder, Sunflower Oil, Nutmeg Extract, Garlic Extract, Onion Oil.

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 115 breaded chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 104th. 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 00302456, last edited 23 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.