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Is Trader Joe's Grilled Rosemary Boneless Chicken Breast with a Seasoned Brown & Wild Rice Blend ultra-processed?

18 oz Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Trader Joe's Grilled Rosemary Boneless Chicken Breast with a Seasoned Brown & Wild Rice Blend

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:

  • 61 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

brown rice, water, wild rice, red bell pepper, green onions, canola oil, salt, dextrose, chicken base (chicken meat, sea salt, sugar, chicken fat, potato flour, onion powder, yeast extract, natural flavor, carrot juice, white pepper, turmeric, celery, black pepper), chicken breast (boneless chicken breast, water, soy protein isolate, potato starch, onion, paprika, citrus, fiber, black pepper, dried thyme, garlic, dried oregano, cumin, cavenne pepper, salt), sauce (canola oil, water, white balsamic vinegar, wine vinegar, concentrated grape must, lemon juice, potato starch, chicken base, chicken meat, sea salt, sugar, chicken fat, potato flour, onion powder, yeast extract, natural flavor, carrot juice, white pepper, turmeric, celery, salt, rosemary black pepper)

As written on the pack

BROWN RICE, WATER, WILD RICE, RED BELL PEPPER, GREEN ONIONS, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, SALT, CULTURED DEXTROSE, CHICKEN BASE (CHICKEN MEAT, SEA SALT, SUGAR, CHICKEN FAT, POTATO FLOUR, ONION POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, DRIED CARROT JUICE, WHITE PEPPER, TURMERIC, EXTRACTIVE OF CELERY, BLACK PEPPER), GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST (BONELESS CHICKEN BREAST, WATER, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, POTATO STARCH, ONION, PAPRIKA, CITRUS, FIBER, BLACK PEPPER, DRIED THYME, GARLIC, DRIED OREGANO, CUMIN POWDER, CAVENNE PEPPER, SALT), SAUCE (EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, WATER, WHITE BALSAMIC VINEGAR, WINE VINEGAR, CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST, LEMON JUICE, POTATO STARCH, CHICKEN BASE, CHICKEN MEAT, SEA SALT, SUGAR, CHICKEN FAT, POTATO FLOUR, ONION POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, DRIED CARROT JUICE, WHITE PEPPER, TURMERIC, CELERY, SALT, ROSEMARY BLACK PEPPER)

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Fiber An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 168th. 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 00161886, last edited 3 October 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.