Is M&S 2 Battered Cod & Crushed Pea Fishcakes ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cod (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil Peas 6%, Durum Wheat Semolina, Potatoes Potato Flakes, Whole Milk Onions Lemon Juice, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Whipping Cream, Parsley Salt Cornflour Single Cream, Fish Gelatine Rice Flour Raising Agent (e503), e450 (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Bicarbonate Palm Fat Sunflower Oil Maize Flour, Dextrose Wheat Gluten Garlic Purée Yeast Ground White Pepper Ground Black Pepper
Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E503 Ammonium carbonates
As written on the pack
Cod (Fish) (38 %). Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Rapeseed Oil Peas (6%) Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Potatoes Potato Flakes. Whole Milk Onions Lemon Juice - Wheat Starch (contains Gluten). Whipping Cream (Milk) Parsley Salt Cornflour Single Cream (Milk) Fish Gelatine Rice Flour Raising Agent: E503, E450, Sodium Bicarbonate Palm Fat Sunflower Oil Maize Flour - Dextrose Wheat Gluten Garlic Purée Yeast Ground White Pepper Ground Black Pepper.
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29078905, last edited 14 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.