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Is Street Kitchen Kung Pao Chicken Asian Stir-Fry Kit ultra-processed?

255g Cooking Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France

Pack of Street Kitchen Kung Pao Chicken Asian Stir-Fry Kit

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

water, ginger, garlic, sugar, soy sauce (soy sauce (soybean, salt), water), white vinegar, corn starch, spices, sesame oil, salt, vegetable powders, red chilli puree, natural colours (plain caramel, paprika extract), food acid (citric acid), black bean, vegetable gum (xanthan)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

water, ginger, garlic, sugar, soy sauce [soy sauce powder (soybean extract, salt), water], white vinegar, corn starch, spices, sesame oil, salt, vegetable powders, red chilli puree, natural colours (plain caramel, paprika extract), food acid (citric acid), black bean powder, vegetable gum (xanthan). allergen advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold. may contain gluten.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 cooking Sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 67% of the cooking Sauces 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 36 cooking Sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9334279004607, last edited 14 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.