Chicken Tikka with Rice
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
2
0 we grade moderate or higher
1 of them not yet assessed here
Salt per 100g
0.49g
Medium
UK FSA front of pack threshold
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (2)
This label lists 1 colour and 1 sweetener.
E955
Sucralose
Artificial sweetener
What it is. An intense sweetener made from sugar, around 600 times sweeter, so it is used in very small amounts.
Why it is used. Sweetens diet drinks, tabletop sweeteners, dairy and baked goods.
What the evidence says. Regulators have treated it as safe for decades and the acceptable daily intake has not changed. Newer laboratory work on a breakdown product, and the general question of sweeteners and the gut microbiome, keep it under discussion, but that work is early and has not moved any official position.
Permitted with an acceptable daily intake in all three regions.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E955
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E160C Paprika extract, capsanthin colour
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
Cooked Marinated Chicken (36%) (Chicken Breast (92%), Low Fat Yogurt Powder (_Milk_), Rice Bran Oil, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Spices (Cumin Powder, Paprika, Black Pepper, Mace), Garlic Paste, Tomato Paste, Ginger Paste, Colour: Paprika Extract; Black Pepper Extract), Cooked Basmati Rice (18%) (Water, Basmati Rice), Water, Grilled Red Pepper (9%), Passata Chopped Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice), Red Onion (3%), Onion, Spinach (2%), Fat Free Yogurt (_Milk_), Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Tikka Paste (Yeast Extract (contains _Barley_), Water, Salt, Onion Powder, Ground Cumin Seed, Tomato Paste, Ground Coriander, Paprika, White Wine Vinegar, Garlic Powder, Ground Ginger, Turmeric Powder, Ground Black Pepper, Coriander, Cardamom, Cayenne Powder, Ground Cloves), Tomato Paste, Single Cream (_Milk_), Modified Maize Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Reduced Sodium Salt (Salt, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride), Roasted Ground Cumin Seed, Roasted Ground Coriander, Garam Masala (Ground Coriander, Ground Cloves, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Ginger, Star Anise, Chilli Powder, Ground Cumin Seed, Ground Fennel, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Bay Leaf, Ground Nutmeg, Ground Cardamom), Brown Sugar, Fenugreek Leaf, Ground Cardamom, Sweetener: Sucralose.
As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.