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Is Tesco Chicken broad bean & pea risotto ultra-processed?

380 g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Chicken broad bean & pea risotto

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Risotto Rice, Water, Risotto Rice, Salt, Peas, Chicken 14% (Chicken Breast, Corn Starch, Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic), Onion, Broad Beans 7%, Skimmed Milk, Water, White Wine, Celery, Single Cream, Cornflour, Crème Fraîche, Grana Padano Cheese (Grana Padano Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Preservative (Egg Lysozyme)), Parsley, Garlic Purée, Chicken, Thyme, Mint, Salt, White Pepper

Additives: E1105 Lysozyme

As written on the pack

Cooked Risotto Rice (Water, Risotto Rice, Salt], Peas, Cooked Marinated Chicken (14%) [Chicken Breast, Corn Starch, Salt, Black Pepper, Garlic Powder], Onion, Broad Beans (7%), Skimmed Milk, Water, White Wine, Celery, Single Cream (Milk), Cornflour, Crème Fraîche (Milk), Grana Padano Cheese [Grana Padano Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Preservative (Egg Lysozyme)], Parsley, Garlic Purée, Chicken Extract, Thyme, Mint, Salt, Ground White Pepper.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697745614, last edited 27 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.