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Is BirdsEye 26 crispy batter fish fingers ultra-processed?

728g Fish fingers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of BirdsEye 26 crispy batter fish fingers

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fish fingers

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

Alaska Pollock, Batter Coating, Rapeseed Oil, Batter Coating, Flour (wheat, Maize), Water, Starch (Potato, Maize), Salt, Raising Agents, Maize Semolina, Yeast, mustard, Skimmed MILK Powder, Garlic

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E450 Diphosphates.

As written on the pack

Alaska Pollock (FISH) (48%), Batter Coating*, Rapeseed Oil. *Batter Coating (Flour (WHEAT, Maize), Water, Starch (Potato, Maize), Salt, Raising Agents ((Disodium Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates) contains WHEAT), Maize Semolina, Yeast, MUSTARD, Skimmed MILK Powder, Garlic Powder).

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.
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.
  • 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 63 fish fingers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 63% of the fish fingers 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 63 fish fingers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000116125012, last edited 3 June 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.