Is Tesco Roast Chicken Mini Fillets ultra-processed?

Cooked chicken breast slices Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E160c Paprika extract

27 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed cooked chicken breast slices

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 87%, Sugar (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Paste, Dried Onion, Rice Flour, Cornflour, Dried Garlic, Red Pepper, Salt (processing marker), Smoked Paprika, Cumin, Oregano, Yeast Extract Powder, Smoked Salt (processing marker), Lime Juice, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Black Pepper, Chilli, Pimento, Citric Acid, Green Pepper, Coriander Leaf, Clove, Parsley, Sage

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast Fillet (87%), Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Paste, Dried Onion, Rice Flour, Cornflour, Dried Garlic, Dried Red Pepper, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Cumin, Oregano, Yeast Extract Powder, Smoked Salt, Concentrated Lime Juice, Colour (Paprika Extract), Black Pepper, Chilli Flakes, Pimento, Citric Acid, Dried Green Pepper, Coriander Leaf, Clove, Parsley, Sage.

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

3 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.

Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 53 cooked chicken breast slices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 85% of the cooked chicken breast slices 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 53 cooked chicken breast slices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057967461851, last edited 17 April 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.