Is Lidl Deluxe 2 Beer Battered Haddock Fillets ultra-processed?

350g Haddock Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose

27 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score B

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

Haddock 59%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Suffolk Ale 3%, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Maize Flour, Raising Agents (Sodium Phosphates), Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates, Salt (processing marker), Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Yeast Extract, Sugar (processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Onion, Preservative (processing marker) (Citric Acid), Rice Bran

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E339 Sodium phosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

59% Haddock (Fish), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, 3% Suffolk Ale (contains Barley), Wheat Starch, Maize Flour, Raising Agents: Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates; Salt, Tapioca Starch, Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Sugar, Dextrose, Sunflower Oil, Onion, Preservative: Citric Acid; Rice Bran Extract.

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.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 haddock

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 88% of the haddock 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 8 haddock, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4335619180093, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.