how is a ready meal containing chicken I got from aldi shelf stable and doesn’t need to be refrigerated?

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EDIT: Solved! Thanks to everyone who commented.

I’m talking about [this](https://ch-it.openfoodfacts.org/product/4099200059402/huhn-suss-sauer-aldi)

It’s basically a box that was on the shelf, un refrigerated, that contains cooked chicken. How are they able to keep cooked chicken shelf stable for so long?

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I ate one of those meals and wondered about that when I felt ill afterward. Nothing bad, just nausea for a couple hours but I will not be buying those again.