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Is Deluxe Cod Melt in the Middle Fishcakes ultra-processed?

290 g Fishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Deluxe Cod Melt in the Middle Fishcakes

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fishes

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

Cod 37%, White Sauce (Water, Double Cream, Whole Milk, Mature Cheddar Cheese, Onion, Cornflour, Fish Gelatine, Unsalted Butter, Salt, Lemon Juice), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mashed Potato 10%, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Potato Flakes, Parsley 2%, Single Cream, Shallot 2%, Lemon Juice, Anhydrous Milk Fat, Salt, Wheat Starch, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seed, Spirit Vinegar, Sea Salt), White Pepper, Yeast, Raising Agent (Ammonium Carbonates)

Additives: E428 Gelatine , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

37% Cod (Fish), White Sauce (Water, Double Cream (Milk), Whole Milk, Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk), Sauvignon Blanc [contains Sulphites], Onion, Cornflour, Fish Gelatine, Unsalted Butter (Milk), Salt, Lemon Juice), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), 10% Mashed Potato, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Potato Flakes, 2% Parsley, Single Cream (Milk), 2% Shallot, Lemon Juice, Anhydrous Milk Fat, Salt, Wheat Starch, Dijon Mustard (Water, Mustard Seed, Spirit Vinegar, Sea Salt), White Pepper, Yeast, Raising Agent: Ammonium Carbonates.

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 668 fishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 503rd. 34% of the fishes 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 668 fishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 40893143, last edited 10 May 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.