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Is The Gym Kitchen Katsu Chicken ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Gym Kitchen Katsu Chicken

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed meals with chicken

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 Brown Rice Mix 46% (Carrots, Onions, Water, Brown Rice, Peas, Edamame Soya Beans, Red Chillies, Lime Leaf), Chicken Breast 18% (Chicken Breast 17.82%, Cornflour), Water, Carrots, Onions, Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water), Cornflour, Wheat Protein, Ginger, Tomato Paste, Spices, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Lime Juice, Salt, Red Chillies, Gelling Agent (Pectins), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Garlic, Fennel, Flavouring

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Cooked Brown Rice Mix (46%) [Carrots, Onions, Water, Brown Rice, Peas, Edamame Soya Beans, Red Chillies, Lime Leaf], Cooked Chicken Breast (18%) [Chicken Breast (99%), Cornflour], Water, Carrots, Onions, Coconut Milk [Coconut Extract, Water], Cornflour, Wheat Protein, Ginger Purée, Tomato Paste, Spices (Contains Mustard, Celery), Sugar, Garlic Purée, Concentrated Lime Juice, Salt, Red Chillies, Gelling Agent (Pectins), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Garlic Powder, Fennel, Flavouring.

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 140th. 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 5060963012675, last edited 15 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.