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Is Tesco Garlic & Herb Chicken Kievs ultra-processed?

270g Chicken kievs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Garlic & Herb Chicken Kievs

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed chicken kievs

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 53%, Wheat Flour Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Butter, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pea Fibre, Garlic Purée, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Parsley, Deactivated Yeast, Yeast, Wheat Starch, Yeast Extract, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Onion, Spices, Garlic, Sage, Sunflower Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Thyme, Evaporated Cane Syrup, Cumin, Black Pepper Extract

As written on the pack

Chicken (53%), Wheat Flour Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Butter (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pea Fibre, Garlic Purée, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Parsley, Deactivated Yeast (contains Wheat, Barley), Yeast, Wheat Starch, Yeast Extract, Spirit Vinegar Powder, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spices, Garlic Powder, Sage, Sunflower Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Thyme Extract, Evaporated Cane Syrup, Cumin Extract, Black Pepper Extract.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 chicken kievs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 77% of the chicken kievs 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 13 chicken kievs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697704420, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.