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Is Tesco Chicken pad thai ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Chicken pad thai

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

rice noodles (water, rice flour, rapeseed oil), chicken 13% (chicken thigh, salt, cornflour), water, carrot, savoy cabbage, coconut, palm sugar, bean sprouts, sugar, peanuts, spring onion, anchovy, garlic purée, salt, soya beans, sesame oil, ginger, coriander, rice, tamarind, lime juice, lemongrass, red chilli, lime leaves, turmeric, rapeseed oil, made using british chicken

As written on the pack

cooked rice noodles [water, rice flour, rapeseed oil], cooked chicken (13%) [chicken thigh, salt, cornflour], water, carrot, savoy cabbage, coconut extract, palm sugar, bean sprouts, sugar, peanuts, spring onion, anchovy extract (fish), garlic purée, salt, soya beans, sesame oil, ginger purée, coriander, rice, tamarind concentrate, lime juice, lemongrass, red chilli, lime leaves, turmeric, rapeseed oil. made using british chicken. allergy advice

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 17th. 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 5059697701900, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.