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Is Tesco Katsu curry chicken ultra-processed?

Microwave meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Katsu curry chicken

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:

  • 56 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Jasmine Rice (Water, Jasmine Rice), Chicken Breast 24%, Edamame Soya Beans, Water, Carrot, Wild Rice, Wild Rice Water, Coconut, Rice Vinegar, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Muscovado Sugar, Cornflour, Ginger, Potato Starch, Rice Wine, Salt, Garlic Purée, Soya Bean, Wheat, Turmeric Powder, Coriander, Cumin, Demerara Sugar, Black Pepper, Red Chilli Purée, Onion, Onion, Leek, Fenugreek Seed, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Star Anise, Mustard, Chilli, White Pepper, Nutmeg, Ginger Powder, Paprika, Fennel, Tomato Purée, Parsley, Garlic, Onion, White Peppercorns, Bay Leaf, Made using EU chicken, ^ For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, Caution (Although every care has been taken to remove bones), some may remain, This product can contain small fibres which come from the ginger purée, ginger porn GB 380g eAGO24 NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION When heated according to instructions Nutrition per (Energy)

As written on the pack

Cooked Jasmine Rice [Water, Jasmine Rice], Chicken Breast (24%), Edamame Soya Beans, Water, Carrot, Cooked Wild Rice [Wild Rice Water), Coconut, Rice Vinegar, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Muscovado Sugar, Cornflour, Ginger Purée, Potato Starch, Rice Wine, Salt, Garlic Purée, Soya Bean, Wheat, Turmeric Powder, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Demerara Sugar, Black Pepper, Red Chilli Purée, Onion Seed, Onion, Leek, Ground Fenugreek Seed, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Star Anise, Mustard Powder, Chilli Powder, Ground White Pepper, Nutmeg Powder, Ginger Powder, Paprika, Fennel Powder, Tomato Purée, Parsley, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, White Peppercorns, Bay Leaf. Made using EU chicken. ^ For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Caution: Although every care has been taken to remove bones, some may remain. This product can contain small fibres which come from the ginger purée. ginger porn GB 380g eAGO24 NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION When heated according to instructions Nutrition per 100g: Energy

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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 351 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 77th. 72% of the microwave meals 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753919870, 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.