Is Sainsbury's Tomato & Basil Chicken ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 37 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
baby potato 38%, tomato 29%, british chicken 17%, water, onion, tomato paste, garlic purée, sugar (processing marker), cornflour, vegetable oil (processing marker) (sunflower vegetable oil, rapeseed vegetable oil), salt (processing marker), basil, rosemary, potato starch (processing marker), white wine vinegar, sundried tomatoes, oregano, cracked black pepper, concentrated lemon juice, garlic 5% extract, black pepper, basil extract, full power from frozen 700w 101 20%, 2 mins 101, 2 mins 900w 91, 2 mins for best quality, freeze as soon as possible after purchase and always within the use by date, once frozen consume within 1 month, once defrosted use the same day, safety (although extra care has been taken to remove all bones), some may remain, caution (take care when removing film as hot steam will escape, one pack counts as 1 of your 1or5 5a-day aim for at least 5 different fruit and yon a dau)
As written on the pack
baby potato (38%), tomato (29%), british chicken (17%), water, onion, tomato paste, garlic purée, sugar, cornflour, vegetable oil (sunflower, rapeseed), salt, basil, rosemary, potato starch, white wine vinegar, sundried tomatoes, oregano, cracked black pepper, concentrated lemon juice, garlic 5% extract, black pepper, basil extract. 12% 50% 20% full power from frozen 700w 101/2 mins 101/2 mins 900w 91/2 mins for best quality, freeze as soon as possible after purchase and always within the use by date. once frozen consume within 1 month. once defrosted use the same day. safety: although extra care has been taken to remove all bones, some may remain. caution: take care when removing film as hot steam will escape. one pack counts as 1 of your 1or5 5a-day aim for at least 5 different fruit or yon a dau
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
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.
Among 350 microwave meals
From least to most processed, this one ranks 62nd. 72% of the microwave meals here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01707144, 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.
- 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.