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Is Tesco For Chicken Gravy Granules ultra-processed?

200g Food additives Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Tesco For Chicken Gravy Granules

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed food additives

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

potato starch, palm oill wheat flour (wheat flour, carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), salt, flavourings colour (plain caramel), barley malt extract, emulsifier (soya lecithins), citric acid, including cereals containing gluten, ingredients in bold

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E502 Carbonates

As written on the pack

potato starch, palm oill wheat flour (wheat flour, carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), salt, flavourings colour (plain caramel), barley malt extract, emulsifier soya lecithins), citric acid. allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, ingredients in bold.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 135 food additives

From least to most processed, this one ranks 114th. 68% of the food additives 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 135 food additives, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051790857218, last edited 25 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.