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Is Lidl Salmon Spinach & Lemon Fishcakes ultra-processed?

290 g Meals with fish Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Salmon Spinach & Lemon 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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meals with fish

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

Salmon, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, potatoe, rapeseed oil, spinach, Leon juice, water, potatoe flake, shallot, single cream, anhydrous milk fat, salt, lemon, white pepper, yeast, ammonium bicarbonate, stabi.is er (hydroxpropyl, methyl cellulose)

Additives: E461 Methyl cellulose , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Salmon, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin,potatoe, rapeseed oil, spinach, Leon juice, water, potatoe flake, shallot, single cream, anhydrous milk fat, salt, lemon, white pepper, yeast ,ammonium bicarbonate, stabi.is er:hydroxpropyl/methyl cellulose

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.

  • E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 meals with fish

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 78% of the meals with fish 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 64 meals with fish, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489650072, last edited 26 September 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.