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Is The Gym Kitchen Chicken & Chorizo Paella ultra-processed?

400 g Paella Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Gym Kitchen Chicken & Chorizo Paella

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:

  • 62 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed paella

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

Sauce, Water, Tomato, Onion, Red Pepper, Chorizo 3% (Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Paprika, Dextrose, Chilli, Malt Barley Vinegar, Sage, Rosemary Extract, Paprika Extract, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Garlic Purée, Tomato Purée, Modified Maize Starch, Lemon Juice, Smoked Paprika, Tomato Paste (Re-hydrated Sun-Dried Tomatoes (Water, Tomato, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Rosemary, Garlic Oil, Black Pepper, Herb Extract), Parsley, Salt, F Paprika Powder, Fish Sauce, Anchovy Chicken Bouillon (Chicken Stock (Wat Chicken Extract, Salt), Flavouring, Sal Cornflour), Black Pepper, Chilli Powde Smoked Water, Risotto Rice Mix (Red F Rice, Peas, Water, Parsley, Turmeric), C Pieces 17% (Chicken, Cornflour), Veg 15% (Courgette, Red Pepper)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Sauce (Water, Tomato, Onion, Red Pepper, Diced Chorizo (3%) (Pork, Pork Fat, Salt, Paprika, Dextrose, Chilli Powder, Malt Barley Vinegar, Sage, Rosemary Extract, Paprika Extract, Antioxidant (Sodium Ascorbate), Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Garlic Purée, Tomato Purée, Modified Maize Starch, Lemon Juice, Smoked Paprika, Sun Dried Tomato Paste (Re-hydrated Sun-Dried Tomatoes (Water, Tomato, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Rosemary, Garlic Oil, Black Pepper, Herb Extract), Parsley, Salt, F Paprika Powder, Fish Sauce (Anchovy Chicken Bouillon (Chicken Stock (Wat Chicken Extract, Salt), Flavouring, Sal Cornflour), Black Pepper, Chilli Powde Smoked Water), Risotto Rice Mix (Red F Rice, Peas, Water, Parsley, Turmeric), C Pieces (17%) (Chicken, Cornflour), Veg (15%) (Courgette, Red 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
7 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.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 paella

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 75% of the paella 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 12 paella, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060963011197, 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.