Chicken Tikka And Rice
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
3
0 we grade moderate or higher
1 of them not yet assessed here
Salt per 100g
0.54g
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 (3)
This label lists 1 acidity regulator, 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
E330
Citric acid
Acidity regulator
What it is. A mild acid found naturally in citrus fruit, made commercially by fermentation.
Why it is used. Adds tartness, balances flavour and helps preserve. One of the most used additives in food.
What the evidence says. Safe at food levels. No credible health concern for the additive itself.
Permitted freely.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E330
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
marinated chicken breast pieces in a tikka sauce with cooked long grain rice with sugar and sweetener. ingredients tikka sauce (55%) (water, red pepper, onion, tomato (tomato, tomato 350g e juice, acidity regulator (citric acid)), beef stock powder, seasoning (spices (garam masala (coriander, cumin, fennel, ginger, dill, clove, celery), cumin, turmeric, paprika extract, coriander, chilli, fenugreek), salt, dried potato, tomato powder, onion powder, rice flour, garlic powder, paprika extract, flavouring, fenugreek, coriander, acid (citric acid), leek powder, yeast extract, parsnip, sweetener (sucralose)), red split lentils, tomato paste, single cream (milk), coconut milk (coconut extract, water), tomato powder, coconut flakes, rapeseed oil, demerara sugar, modified maize starch, dried onion, dried garlic), cooked rice (29%) (water, long grain rice), cooked chicken tikka (16%) (chicken breast, yogurt powder (milk), rice bran oil, corn starch, tomato paste, seasoning (salt, cumin, maltodextrin, paprika, cumin, black pepper extract, black pepper, mace), garlic purée, ginger purée, salt, colour (paprika extract)). allergy advice
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.