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Is Aldi Extra Large Battered Cod Fillets ultra-processed?

460 g Cod fillets Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Aldi Extra Large Battered Cod Fillets

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed cod fillets

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Atlantic Cod (Gadus Morhua), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour, Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Salt, Yeast Extract, Raising Agents (Ammonium Carbonates), Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates, Palm Oil, Skimmed Milk Powder, Black Pepper Extract, Maize Flour, Wheat Gluten, Sunflower Oil

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Atlantic Cod (Gadus Morhua) (60%) (Fish), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour, Potato Starch, Wheat Starch, Salt, Yeast Extract, Raising Agents: Ammonium Carbonates, Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates; Palm Oil, Skimmed Milk Powder, Black Pepper Extract, Maize Flour, Wheat Gluten, Sunflower Oil.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 cod fillets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 72% of the cod fillets here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 18 cod fillets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600133065, last edited 2 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.