Is Lidl Dusted Yellowfin Sole Fillets ultra-processed?

Fish fillets 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
Milk proteins

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed fish 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

Yellowfin Sole 80%, Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Maize Flour, Salt (processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Skimmed Milk, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Mustard, Parsley, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Whey Protein (ultra-processing marker), Yeast

As written on the pack

80% Yellowfin Sole (Fish), Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch, Maize Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Dried Skimmed Milk, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Mustard Flour, Dried Parsley, Flavouring, Whey Protein (Milk), Yeast.

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.
Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 174 fish fillets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 158th. 32% of the fish 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 174 fish fillets, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489073338, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.