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Is Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Lemon & Herb Chicken Schnitzel ultra-processed?

2 x 175g Breaded chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Lemon & Herb Chicken Schnitzel

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

British Chicken Breast 61%, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Lemon 8%, Caper Butter 8% (West Country Salted Butter (Cows' Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Caper, Lemon Juice, Lemon Zest, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Parsley, Salt, Black Pepper), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Wheat Starch, Wheat Gluten, Potato Starch, Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Yeast, Sugar, Parsley, Black Pepper, Thyme, Lemon Peel, Maltodextrin, Lemon Oil, Paprika, Lemon Juice, Sunflower Oil, Black Pepper Extract, Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Parsley

As written on the pack

British Chicken Breast (61%), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Lemon & Caper Butter (8%) (West Country Salted Butter (Cows' Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Caper, Lemon Juice, Lemon Zest, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Parsley, Salt, Black Pepper), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Wheat Starch, Wheat Gluten, Potato Starch, Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Yeast, Sugar, Parsley, Black Pepper, Thyme, Lemon Peel, Maltodextrin, Lemon Oil, Paprika, Lemon Juice, Sunflower Oil, Black Pepper Extract, Oregano Extract, Sage Extract, Thyme Extract, Parsley Extract

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.
  • 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

Among 115 breaded chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 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 00454605, last edited 15 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.