No — Chicken Tikka Biryani is not ultra-processed.
All listed ingredients are basic foods or simple culinary ingredients (rice, chicken, vegetables, yogurt, herbs, spices, tomato paste, rapeseed oil, vinegar, cornflour). There are no industrial additives, refined industrial sweeteners, emulsifiers, flavourings, stabilizers, or other markers of ultra-processing according to NOVA.
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No — Chicken Tikka Biryani by By sainsbury's is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). All listed ingredients are basic foods or simple culinary ingredients (rice, chicken, vegetables, yogurt, herbs, spices, tomato paste, rapeseed oil, vinegar, cornflour). There are no industrial additives, refined industrial sweeteners, emulsifiers, flavourings, stabilizers, or other markers of ultra-processing according to NOVA.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.