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Is This Isn't Roast Chicken And Stuffing ultra-processed?

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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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed meat analogues

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

Plant-based chicken flavoured roast with stuffing 16%, made from soya protein 15%, pea protein 3%, garlic melt 2%, sage, Water, Soya Protein, Vegetable Oils (Shea, Rapeseed, RSPO Palm, Olive), Natural Flavouring, Textured Pea Protein, Thickeners (Methylcellulose, Xanthan Gum, Konjac, Carrageenan), Pea Protein Isolate, Fava Protein Isolate, Potato Starch, Salt, Pea Fibre, Dextrin, Pea Starch, Dried Onion, Spices, Vinegar, Stabiliser (Calcium Sulphate), Herbs, Garlic Puree, Vitamin B12, Iron, Colour (Carotenes, Beetroot Red), Dextrose, Cacao, Apple Extract, Produced in an environment that handles cereals containing gluten, S In V * a C P

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E160a Carotene , E162 Beetroot red , E407 Carrageenan , E415 Xanthan gum , E425 Konjac , E461 Methyl cellulose , E516 Calcium sulphate

As written on the pack

Plant-based chicken flavoured roast with stuffing (16%) made from soya protein (15%) and pea protein (3%), with garlic vegan melt (2%) and sage. Water, Soya Protein Concentrate, Vegetable Oils (Shea, Rapeseed, RSPO Palm, Olive), Natural Flavouring, Textured Pea Protein, Thickeners (Methylcellulose, Xanthan Gum, Konjac, Carrageenan), Pea Protein Isolate, Fava Protein Isolate, Potato Starch, Salt, Pea Fibre, Dextrin, Pea Starch, Dried Onion, Spices, Vinegar, Stabiliser (Calcium Sulphate), Herbs, Garlic Puree, Vitamin B12, Iron, Colour (Carotenes, Beetroot Red), Dextrose, Cacao Extract, Apple Extract. For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Produced in an environment that handles cereals containing gluten. S In V * a C P

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E425 Konjac A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
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  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
4 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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 511 meat analogues

From least to most processed, this one ranks 509th. 80% of the meat analogues 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060678710774, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.