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Is Specially Selected Bang Bang Chicken ultra-processed?

270g Pulses Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Specially Selected Bang Bang Chicken

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:

  • 60 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pulses

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

Cooked Turmeric Rice (Long Grain Rice, Water, Turmeric), miso style cooked chicken breast 19% (Chicken Breast, Water, Red Chilli Purée, Soya Beans, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Honey, Salt, Rice, Garlic Purée, Wheat, Ginger, Chilli), Garlic, Chilli Sauce (Water, Tomato Paste, Onions, Spirit Vinegar, Garlic Purée, Green Chilli, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Paprika Powder, Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Lemon Zest, Chilli, Cayenne Pepper, Pectins), Black Rice (Black Rice, Water), Cooked Black Beluga Lentils (Black Beluga Lentils, Water), Black Turtle Beans, Red Pepper, red cabbage 6% (Red Cabbage, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt), spinach 6%, Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water), Water, Brown Sugar, Red Chilli Purée, Cornflour, Lime Juice, Salt

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Cooked Turmeric Rice (Long Grain Rice, Water, Ground Turmeric), MISO STYLE COOKED CHICKEN BREAST (19%) (Chicken Breast, Water, Red Chilli Purée, Soya Beans, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Honey, Salt, Rice, Garlic Purée, Wheat, Ginger Purée, Chilli Flakes), Garlic and Chilli Sauce (Water, Tomato Paste, Onions, Spirit Vinegar, Garlic Purée, Green Chilli Purée, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Paprika Powder, Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Lemon Zest, Chilli Flakes, Cayenne Pepper, Gelling Agent: Pectins), Cooked Black Rice (Black Rice, Water), Cooked Black Beluga Lentils (Black Beluga Lentils, Water), Black Turtle Beans, Grilled Red Pepper, PICKLED RED CABBAGE (6%) (Red Cabbage, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt), SPINACH (6%), Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water), Water, Brown Sugar, Red Chilli Purée, Cornflour, Lime Juice, Salt.

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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 377 pulses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 311th. 34% of the pulses 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 377 pulses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600436838, last edited 28 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.