Is Waitrose Lemongrass & ginger chicken mini fillet kebabs ultra-processed?

Chicken breasts Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Honey
Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

15 ingredients
No additives

Less processed chicken breasts

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 89%, honey (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), lime juice, coriander, red chilli purée, ginger powder, garlic purée, lemongrass, lime leaf, sea salt (processing marker), white sugar (processing marker), cornflour, cumin, coriander

As written on the pack

Chicken breast (89%), honey, sunflower oil, lime juice, coriander, roasted red chilli purée, ginger powder, garlic purée, lemongrass, lime leaf, sea salt, white sugar, cornflour, cumin powder, coriander powder

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 83 chicken breasts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 65% of the chicken breasts 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 83 chicken breasts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169496312, last edited 1 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.