Is John West Mackerel fillets in tomato sauce ultra-processed?

115 g Mackerel fillets Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

8 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed mackerel 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

Mackerel Fillets (Ocean of Catch), Tomato Paste 28%, Water, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Spices

As written on the pack

Mackerel Fillets (Fish) (52%; Ocean of Catch: Northeast Atlantic), Concentrated Tomato Paste (28%), Water, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Salt, Spices.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 56 mackerel fillets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 4% of the mackerel 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 56 mackerel fillets, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000171058454, 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.