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Is Tesco garlic & herbs Chicken kiev ultra-processed?

Chicken kievs Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco garlic & herbs Chicken kiev

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
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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 Breast Fillet 69%, Butter with Garlic, Parsley (Butter, Parsley, Garlic Purée, Wild Garlic, Garlic Purée (Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil), Lemon Juice, Maize Starch, Sea Salt, White Pepper), Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Wheat Gluten, Wheat Starch, Salt, Yeast Extract, Deactivated Yeast, Yeast, Onion, Chicken, Light Brown Sugar, Spices, Sugar, Garlic, Sage, Kelp, Shiitake Mushroom, Made using British and EU chicken

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast Fillet (69%), Butter with Garlic and Parsley [Butter (Milk), Parsley, Garlic Purée, Wild Garlic, Chargrilled Garlic Purée (Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil), Lemon Juice, Maize Starch, Sea Salt, White Pepper], Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Wheat Gluten, Wheat Starch, Salt, Yeast Extract, Deactivated Yeast (contains Wheat, Barley), Yeast, Onion Powder, Chicken Extract, Light Brown Sugar, Spices, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Sage, Kelp, Shiitake Mushroom. Made using British and EU chicken. Allergy Advice

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.
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 4th. 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 5059697700958, last edited 30 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.