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Is Tesco Diced Chicken Breast Fillet ultra-processed?

Chicken breast without skin raw Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 5 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed chicken breast without skin raw

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

Chicken Breast 90%, Water, Maltose, Salt, Made using German chicken

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast (90%), Water, Maltose, Salt. Made using German chicken.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 chicken breast without skin raw

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 25% of the chicken breast without skin raw 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 8 chicken breast without skin raw, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057373224514, last edited 1 June 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.