Is The Gym Kitchen Piri Piri Chicken Sausages ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 28 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed sausages
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Chicken 75%, Water, Red Pepper 3%, Sugar (processing marker), Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Pea Protein, Ginger, Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Salt (processing marker), Citrus Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Acidity Regulators (Calcium Lactate (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Bicarbonate), Lemon Zest, Oregano, Stabilisers (Tetrapotassium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), Disodium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker)), Smoked Paprika, Chipotle Chilli, Red Chilli, Black Pepper, Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Metabisulphite), Maize Starch (processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E327 Calcium lactate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E450v Tetrapotassium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Chicken (75%), Water, Red Pepper (3%), Sugar, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Pea Protein, Ginger Purée, Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Salt, Citrus Fibre, Acidity Regulators (Calcium Lactate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Lemon Zest, Oregano, Stabilisers (Tetrapotassium Diphosphate, Disodium Diphosphate), Smoked Paprika, Chipotle Chilli, Red Chilli, Black Pepper, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), Maize Starch, Dextrose.
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.
- E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
- 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.
- 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.
6 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.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
- Sausages Products in the category "Sausages" 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.
Among 337 sausages
From least to most processed, this one ranks 292nd. 80% of the sausages here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5065020434506, last edited 18 May 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.