Is The Gym Kitchen Chicken Tikka ultra-processed?

400 g Meals with chicken 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:

E160c Paprika extract

38 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

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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

Cooked Spiced Brown Rice 56% (Tomato Passata, Water, Brown Rice, Onions, Coconut milk, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Salt (processing marker), Cumin Seeds, Turmeric, Chilli, Cardamom, Cinnamon Powder), Chicken Breast 21% (Chicken Breast, Tomato Paste, Ginger, Garlic Purée, Yogurt Powder, Cornflour, Green Chilli, Salt (processing marker), Chilli, Fenugreek, Coriander, Cumin, Ginger Powder, Cinnamon Powder, Black Pepper, Mace, Star Anise, Turmeric, Basil, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Cauliflower 11%, Green Lentils 7%, Spring Greens 5%

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Cooked Spiced Brown Rice (56%) [Tomato Passata, Water, Brown Rice, Onions, Coconut milk, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Salt, Cumin Seeds, Turmeric, Chilli Powder, Cardamom, Cinnamon Powder], Cooked Marinated Chicken Breast (21%) [Chicken Breast, Tomato Paste, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Yogurt Powder (Milk), Cornflour, Green Chilli Purée, Salt, Chilli Powder, Fenugreek, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Ginger Powder, Cinnamon Powder, Black Pepper, Mace, Star Anise, Turmeric, Basil Flakes, Paprika Extract], Cauliflower (11%), Green Lentils (7%), Spring Greens (5%).

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.

2 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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 69th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060084345539, last edited 18 August 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.