Is Tesco Southern Fried Chicken Red Pepper Mayo ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 46 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed chicken wraps
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Chicken Breast 15%, Lettuce, Tomato, Rapeseed Oil, Red Pepper, Palm Oil, Onion, Salt (processing marker), Cornflour, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar (processing marker), Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker)), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Starch (processing marker), Egg, Maize Flour, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Milk, Onion, Black Pepper, Sage, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Garlic, Salt Mustard Powder, Pepper Extract, Spices, Yeast, Citrus Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Rice Starch (processing marker), Ginger, Potato Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Coriander, Celery, Chilli, Egg White, White Pepper
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Chicken Breast (15%), Lettuce, Tomato, Rapeseed Oil, Red Pepper, Palm Oil, Onion, Salt, Cornflour, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Wheat Gluten, Wheat Starch, Pasteurised Egg, Maize Flour, Tapioca Starch, Milk Solids, Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Sage Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract), Garlic Powder, Salt Mustard Powder, Pepper Extract, Spices, Yeast, Citrus Fibre, Rice Starch, Ginger, Potato Fibre, Coriander Extract, Celery, Chilli Extract, Dried Egg White, White Pepper.
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
4 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.
Among 20 chicken wraps
From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 90% of the chicken wraps here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 03061541, last edited 4 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.