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Is Slimming world Yakitori chicken and rice ultra-processed?

Chickens Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Slimming world Yakitori chicken and rice

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 1 additive

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

Jasmine rice 26% (water, long-grain rice), cooked seared chicken 18% (chicken breast 97%, modified tapioca starch, sugar, salt, tapioca starch, smoke flavouring, yeast extract (barley), garlic powder, parsley, chicken, onion powder, white pepper, rosemary extract), water, carrot, red pepper, yellow pepper, baby corn, dark soy sauce (water, sugar, soya bean, wheat, salt), onion, spring onion, garlic purée, ginger, tomato paste, cornflour, rice vinegar, lime juice, salt, yeast extract (barley), barley malt extract

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Jasmine rice (26%) (water, long-grain rice), cooked seared chicken (18%) (chicken breast (97%), modified tapioca starch, sugar, salt, tapioca starch, smoke flavouring, yeast extract (barley). garlic powder, dried parsley, chicken, onion powder, white pepper, rosemary extract), water, carrot, red pepper, yellow pepper, baby corn, dark soy sauce (water, sugar, soya bean, roasted wheat, salt), onion, spring onion, garlic purée, ginger purée, tomato paste, cornflour, rice vinegar, lime juice, salt, yeast extract (barley), barley malt extract.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 190th. 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 5010482925000, last edited 28 August 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.