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Is Tesco Chicken Jalfrezi ultra-processed?

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Pack of Tesco Chicken Jalfrezi

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chicken Breast 35% (Chicken Breast, Salt), Tomato Puree, Tomato 13%, Onion, Red Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Water Garlic Purée, Ginger, Modified Maize Starch, Tomato Juice, Sugar, Chilli, Cornflour, Paprika, Coriander, Cumin, Coriander Leaf, Salt, Lemon Juice, Coriander Seed, Fenugreek, Garlic, Cinnamon, Cumin Seed, Fennel Seed Colour (Paprika Extract), Black Pepper, Ginger Powder, Clove, Nutmeg, Caraway Seed, Made using Thai chicken, Caution Although every care has been taken to remove bones Some may remain, pg2197353 06 5252", > NUTRITION As sold Typical values Energy Per ½ of a can (1968), 422kJ

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Cooked Chicken Breast (35%) [Chicken Breast, Salt], Tomato Puree, Tomato (13%), Onion, Red Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Water Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Modified Maize Starch, Tomato Juice, Sugar, Chilli Powder, Cornflour, Paprika, Coriander, Cumin, Coriander Leaf, Salt, Lemon Juice, Coriander Seed, Fenugreek, Garlic Powder, Cinnamon, Cumin Seed, Fennel Seed Colour (Paprika Extract), Black Pepper, Ginger Powder, Clove Powder, Nutmeg, Caraway Seed. Made using Thai chicken. Caution Although every care has been taken to remove bones Some may remain. PG2197353 06 5252"/> NUTRITION As sold Typical values Energy Per ½ of a can 100g (1968) 422kJ

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
3 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753935252, 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.