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Is The Gym Kitchen Chicken Tikka Bites ultra-processed?

Chicken and its products Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Gym Kitchen Chicken Tikka Bites

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed chicken and its products

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 98%, Breadcrumbs (Rice), Flour, Maize Flour, Maize Starch, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Dextrose, Tomato Paste, Lemon Zest, Ginger, Salt, Coriander, Garlic Purée, Stabilisers (Tetrapotassium Diphosphate, Disodium Diphosphate), Garlic, Onion, Safety (Although every care has been taken to remove bones), some may remain, Reference intake of an average adult NUTRITION Per Per Typical Values 100g Serving RI (%), 8400 kJ

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E450v Tetrapotassium diphosphate

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast (98%), Breadcrumbs (Rice) Flour, Maize Flour, Maize Starch, Salt, Dextrose), Spices, Dextrose, Tomato Paste, Lemon Zest, Ginger Purée, Salt, Coriander, Garlic Purée, Stabilisers (Tetrapotassium Diphosphate, Disodium Diphosphate), Garlic Powder, Onion Powder. Safety: Although every care has been taken to remove bones, some may remain. **Reference intake of an average adult NUTRITION Per Per Typical Values 100g Serving RI(%) ** (8400 kJ/

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 467 chicken and its products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 342nd. 74% of the chicken and its products 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 467 chicken and its products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060963016918, last edited 22 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.