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Is Warrens Chicken Tikka Salad ultra-processed?

Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Warrens Chicken Tikka Salad

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:

  • 159 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Spiced Chickpea Mix 43% (Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Water, Salt), Roasted Sweet Potato (Sweet Potato), Tikka Masala Sauce (Water, Coconut Cream (Coconut Extract, Water), Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract, Water), Onion Purée, Tomato Passata, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Ginger Purée, Ground Cumin, Salt, Ground Turmeric, Fenugreek Leaves, Colour (Paprika Extract), Coriander, Red Chilli Purée, Garam Masala Powder (Coriander, Cumin, Black Pepper, Cassia Cinnamon, Dill, Ginger, Cloves), Ground Coriander, Ground Smoked Paprika, Ground Fennel Seeds, Ground Fenugreek, Cumin Seeds, Chilli Powder, Green Cardamom, Kalonji Seeds), Sultanas (Sultanas), Spicy Tomato Chutney (Tomato, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Sugar, Onion, Spirit Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Salt, Mixed Spices, Ground Coriander, Garlic, Brown MUSTARD Seeds), Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pasteurised Liquid Whole EGG, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Sugar, Salt, Modified Starch, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)), Cornflour, Coriander, Parsley), Mint and Cucumber Yoghurt 24% (Greek Style Yoghurt (milk), Cucumber, Mint Sauce (Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Dried Mint, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Colour (Copper Chlorophyllin)), Cornflour), Chicken Tikka 24% (Cooked Chicken (Chicken Breast, Salt), Tikka Masala Sauce (Water, Coconut Cream (Coconut Extract, Water), Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract, Water), Onion Purée, Tomato Passata, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Ginger Purée, Ground Cumin, Salt, Ground Turmeric, Fenugreek Leaves, Colour (Paprika Extract), Coriander, Red Chilli Purée, Garam Masala Powder (Coriander, Cumin, Black Pepper, Cassia Cinnamon, Dill, Ginger, Cloves), Ground Coriander, Ground Smoked Paprika, Ground Fennel Seeds, Ground Fenugreek, Cumin Seeds, Chilli Powder, Green Cardamom, Kalonji Seeds), Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil, Water Pasteurised Liquid Whole EGG, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Sugar, Salt, Modified Starch, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)), Red Onion, Cornflour), Spinach 10%

Additives: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141ii Copper complexes of chlorophyllins , E14XX Modified Starch , E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins, E14xx Modified Starch, E160c Paprika extract, E412 Guar gum, E415 Xanthan gum, E202 Potassium sorbate.

As written on the pack

Spiced Chickpea Mix (43%) [Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Water, Salt), Roasted Sweet Potato (Sweet Potato, Sunflower Oil), Tikka Masala Sauce (Water, Coconut Cream (Coconut Extract, Water), Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract, Water), Onion Purée, Tomato Passata, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Ginger Purée, Ground Cumin, Salt, Ground Turmeric, Fenugreek Leaves, Colour (Paprika Extract), Coriander, Red Chilli Purée, Garam Masala Powder (Coriander, Cumin, Black Pepper, Cassia Cinnamon, Dill, Ginger, Cloves), Ground Coriander, Ground Smoked Paprika, Ground Fennel Seeds, Ground Fenugreek, Cumin Seeds, Chilli Powder, Green Cardamom, Kalonji Seeds), Sultanas (Sultanas, Sunflower Oil), Spicy Tomato Chutney (Tomato, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Sugar, Onion, Spirit Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Salt, Mixed Spices, Sunflower Oil, Ground Coriander, Garlic, Brown MUSTARD Seeds), Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pasteurised Liquid Whole EGG, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Sugar, Salt, Modified Starch, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)), Cornflour, Coriander, Parsley], Mint and Cucumber Yoghurt (24%) [Greek Style Yoghurt (MILK), Cucumber, Mint Sauce (Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Dried Mint, Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Colour (Copper Chlorophyllin), Natural Flavouring), Cornflour], Chicken Tikka (24%) [Cooked Chicken (Chicken Breast, Salt), Tikka Masala Sauce (Water, Coconut Cream (Coconut Extract, Water), Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract, Water), Onion Purée, Tomato Passata, Tomato Paste, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Ginger Purée, Ground Cumin, Salt, Ground Turmeric, Fenugreek Leaves, Colour (Paprika Extract), Coriander, Red Chilli Purée, Garam Masala Powder (Coriander, Cumin, Black Pepper, Cassia Cinnamon, Dill, Ginger, Cloves), Ground Coriander, Ground Smoked Paprika, Ground Fennel Seeds, Ground Fenugreek, Cumin Seeds, Chilli Powder, Green Cardamom, Kalonji Seeds), Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil, Water Pasteurised Liquid Whole EGG, Acidity Regulator (Acetic Acid), Sugar, Salt, Modified Starch, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)), Red Onion, Cornflour], Spinach (10%).

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.

  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 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.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
3 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 209th. 60% of the prepared 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5029730007733, last edited 15 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.