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Is Lidl Tuna Salad Mexican Style ultra-processed?

220g Salads with fish Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Lidl Tuna Salad Mexican Style

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed salads 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

Ingredients 26% Red Kidney Beans, Sweetcorn 19%, Tuna 18%, Red Pepper 10%, Water, Carrot, Onion, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Sugar, Natural Flavouring, Chilli, Thickener (Guar Gum)

Additives: E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Ingredients 26% Red Kidney Beans, 19% Sweetcorn, 18% Tuna (Fish), 10% Red Pepper, Water, Carrot, Onion, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Sugar, Natural Flavouring, Chilli Powder, Thickener: Guar Gum. Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain Celery

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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 20 salads with fish

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 70% of the salads 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 20 salads with fish, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4335619019959, last edited 5 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.