Food · Lean Cuisine
Lean Cuisine Chicken Fettuccini
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Good nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Better than most of Frozen — 14 of 22 sit at or below this number.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Better than most of Frozen — 14 of 22 sit at or below this number.
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- The nutrition box sets a limit
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- Ultra-processed
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Good
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
1 additive
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 49/100 · nutrition good
- Nutrition quality72/100
- Ingredients100/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good. A factory recipe is a treat, not a habit.
What pulled it down
The nutrition box sets a limit
The nutrition box is decent, but it is not the whole story.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
What held it up
A decent nutrition box
Sugars are modest. Salt is moderate. Decent, not a keep on its own.
A quiet ingredient list
No high- or moderate-concern additives. The extras, if any, are pantry-familiar.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 520 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 4 gLow Naturally low in sugar. |
| Saturated fat | 1.5 gLow |
| Salt | 0.9 gMedium A moderate amount of salt. |
| Fibre | 2 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Fruit, veg, nuts | 2 % |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Cooked enriched pasta, sauce, cooked chicken, skim milk, modified corn starch, salt, xanthan gum.
Wheat flour
No concernContains gluten. Otherwise a staple.
Chicken
No concernNamed chicken is the goal. ‘By-product meal’ is a stretch.
Milk
No concernA staple for people who digest it. An allergen for people who don’t.
Salt
No concernThe nutrition box already scores it. A pinch in cooking is not a packet of noodles.
Guar gumE412
No concernUsually fine. A lot of gum in one sitting can bloat.
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