Is Tesco Chicken Breast ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 8 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed meats and their products
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Chicken Tenders
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15 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
1
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Mr Ridiculously Good's Smooth Tomato Bolognese
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15 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
1
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Buttermilk Chicken Tenders
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16 ingredients · 2 additives
NOVA group
1
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Taste Buds Chicken Teddies
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12 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
1
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Chicken Breast 98%, Cornflour, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken, Salt (processing marker)), Mineral Sea Salt (processing marker), Salt (processing marker)
As written on the pack
Chicken Breast (98%), Cornflour, Seasoned Chicken Stock [Water, Chicken Extract, Salt], Mineral Sea Salt, Salt.
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.
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Among 53 cooked chicken breast slices
From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 85% of the cooked chicken breast slices here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057008920408, last edited 16 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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.