Is Burton's Fish 'N' Chips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 34 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed herbs
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour (with calcium ca bonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable oils (processing marker) (rapeseed, sustainable palm, coconut), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), wheat starch (processing marker), whey (ultra-processing marker), whey derivatives, raising agents (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate), sugar (processing marker), lactose (ultra-processing marker), barley and malt extract, salt (processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), flavour enhancers (ultra-processing marker) (e621 (ultra-processing marker), e627 (ultra-processing marker), e631 (ultra-processing marker)), salt replacer potassium chloride, acid (citric acid), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker) (wheat), preservative (processing marker) (sodium metabisulphite), including cereals containing gluten, ✔ no artificial colours no artificial sweeteners non gm ingredients ✓ no hydrogenated fats
Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate , E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
wheat flour (with calcium ca bonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable oils (rapeseed, sustainable palm, coconut), glucose syrup, wheat starch, whey or whey derivatives (milk), raising agents (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate), sugar, lactose (milk), barley & malt extract, salt, flavourings, flavour enhancers (e621, e627, e631), salt replacer potassium chloride), acid (citric acid), maltodextrin (wheat), preservative (sodium metabisulphite). allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. may also contain nuts. ✔ no artificial colours no artificial sweeteners non gm ingredients ✓ no hydrogenated fats
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.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
6 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 31 herbs
From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 26% of the herbs here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072417154874, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.