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Is Asda Seafood Sticks ultra-processed?

250 g Surimi Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Seafood Sticks

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fish preparations

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

Water, Surimi Fish Protein 35% (Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), Hake (Merluccius productus), Sugar), Wheat Starch, Potato Starch, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Flavourings, Free Range Egg White, Colour (Lycopene), Free Range Egg, including cereals containing gluten, HOW TO PREPARE Ready to eat, Not 100% happy? Call 0800 952 0101

Additives: E160d Lycopene

As written on the pack

Water, Surimi Fish Protein (35%) [Alaska Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) (Fish), Hake (Merluccius productus) (Fish), Sugar], Wheat Starch, Potato Starch, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Flavourings (contains Crustaceans), Free Range Egg White Powder, Colour (Lycopene), Free Range Dried Egg. Allergy Advice! for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. HOW TO PREPARE Ready to eat. Not 100% happy? Call 0800 952 0101

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.

  • E160d Lycopene Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 surimi

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 100% of the surimi 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 12 surimi, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054781380351, last edited 27 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.