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Is Waitrose Naked Chicken Katsu & Rice Salad ultra-processed?

Chicken salads Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 61 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked green lentils, cooked rice 12% (water, white rice), chicken 12% (chicken, water, corn starch, salt), edamame beans, chinese leaf, red pepper, pink cabbage, natural yogurt, carrot, spinach, cooked chickpeas, rapeseed oil, salad onion, lime juice, water, desiccated coconut, apple juice, rice vinegar, spirit vinegar, ginger, garlic purée, tomato purée, sugar, turmeric, salt, coriander seeds, onion, mustard, fenugreek, molasses, onion, tamarind, cumin seeds, black pepper, sea salt, garlic, chilli, ginger, corn starch, clove, garlic, soya beans, mustard husk, paprika, barley malt extract, caraway seeds, coriander, allspice, cinnamon, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin)

As written on the pack

Cooked green lentils, cooked rice (12%) (water, white rice), cooked chicken (12%) (chicken, water, corn starch, salt), edamame beans (soya), chinese leaf, red pepper, pink cabbage, natural yogurt (milk), carrot, spinach, cooked chickpeas, rapeseed oil, salad onion, lime juice, water, desiccated coconut, apple juice concentrate, rice vinegar, spirit vinegar, ginger purée, garlic purée, tomato purée, sugar, turmeric, salt, coriander seeds, onion powder, mustard flour, fenugreek, molasses, onion, tamarind, cumin seeds, black pepper, sea salt, garlic powder, chilli powder, ginger, corn starch, clove powder, garlic, soya beans, mustard husk, paprika, barley malt extract, caraway seeds, coriander, allspice, cinnamon, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin)

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 chicken salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 78% of the chicken salads 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 9 chicken salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063210020171, 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.
  • 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.