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Is Tesco Roast Turkey Breast ultra-processed?

125g Cooked turkey breast slices Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Roast Turkey Breast

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed cooked turkey 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

Turkey Breast, Butter 2%, Sea Salt, Chicken, Powder, Yeast Extract, Salt, Colour (Plain Caramel), Sage, Garlic, Rosemary, Thyme, Black Pepper, Antioxidant (Rosemary Extract)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Turkey Breast, Butter 2% (Milk), Sea Salt, Chicken Extract, Turkey Powder, Yeast Extract, Salt, Colour (Plain Caramel), Sage, Garlic Powder, Rosemary, Thyme, Black Pepper, Antioxidant (Rosemary Extract).

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.
  • 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 cooked turkey breast slices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 78% of the cooked turkey 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 9 cooked turkey breast slices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057373317964, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.