Is Tesco Calorie Controlled Chicken in Mushroom ultra-processed?

Rice dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gelling agent
E440 Pectins

26 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed rice dishes

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

Potato, Chicken 21% (Chicken Breast, Corn Starch (processing marker)), Green Bean, Water, Mushroom, Whole Milk, Single Cream, Onion, White Wine, Cornflour, Chicken, Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), Parsley, Sugar (processing marker), Gelling Agent (ultra-processing marker) (Amidated Pectin (ultra-processing marker)), Garlic Purée, Thyme, Chicken Fat, Onion, Porcini Mushroom, White Pepper, Made using Thai chicken

Additives: E440 Pectins , E440ii Amidated pectin

As written on the pack

Potato, Cooked Chicken (21%) [Chicken Breast, Corn Starch], Green Bean, Water, Mushroom, Whole Milk, Single Cream (Milk), Onion, White Wine, Cornflour, Chicken Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Parsley, Sugar, Gelling Agent (Amidated Pectin), Garlic Purée, Thyme, Chicken Fat, Concentrated Onion Juice, Porcini Mushroom Powder, White Pepper. Made using Thai chicken. Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold.

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.
Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 192 rice dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 117th. 71% of the rice dishes 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 192 rice dishes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545778746, last edited 21 June 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.