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Is Aldi Infused salmon fillet ultra-processed?

220 g Salmon fillets Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Infused salmon fillet

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed salmon 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

salmon (Samo salar, 8896), ginger, chilli 12%, lime marinade 12% (Water, Salt, Dextrose, Stabilisers (Sodium Acetate), Sodium Carbonates, Sodium Citrates, Glucose Syrup, Paprika, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Chili, Ground Ginger, Black Pepper, Aid (Citric Acid), Antioxidants (Ascorbic Acid), Sodium Ascorbate, Parsley, Lemon Peel, Ginger Extract, Flavouring, Capsicum Oleoresin, Lemon Extract, Spice Extract)

Additives: E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

SALMON (Samo salar) (Fish) (8896), GINGER, CHILLI & LIME MARINADE (12%) (Water, Salt, Dextrose, Stabilisers: Sodium Acetate, Sodium Carbonates, Sodium Citrates; Glucose Syrup, Ground Paprika, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Ground Chili, Ground Ginger, Ground Black Pepper, Aid: Citric Acid; Antioxidants: Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Ascorbate; Dried Parsley, Lemon Peel, Ginger Extract, Flavouring, Capsicum Oleoresin, Lemon Extract, Spice Extract).

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 salmon fillets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 32% of the salmon 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 28 salmon fillets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600058818, last edited 10 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.