No — Salt and pepper chicken is not ultra-processed.
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Salt and Pepper Chicken is not ultra-processed. It consists of chicken, potato starch, garlic and ginger purées, spices, chillies, and rapeseed oil. These are basic foods or culinary ingredients, and no artificial flavours, emulsifiers, stabilizers, refined industrial syrups, or other NOVA ultra-processing markers are present.
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No — Salt and pepper chicken by Marks & Spencer is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). Salt and Pepper Chicken is not ultra-processed. It consists of chicken, potato starch, garlic and ginger purées, spices, chillies, and rapeseed oil. These are basic foods or culinary ingredients, and no artificial flavours, emulsifiers, stabilizers, refined industrial syrups, or other NOVA ultra-processing markers are present.
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.