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Is M&S 4 Bean Salad ultra-processed?

250 g Bean dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S 4 Bean Salad

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Black Beans 25%, Cannellini Beans 24%, Borlotti Beans 19%, Peppers, Sweetcorn, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Mint Infused Vegetable Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Concentrated Apple Juice, Salt, Chives, Parsley, Garlic Purée, Mint, Vinegar, Mustard, Mustard Seeds, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Black Pepper, Mustard Husk

As written on the pack

Black Beans (25%), Cannellini Beans (24%), Borlotti Beans (19%), Peppers, Sweetcorn, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed), Mint Infused Vegetable Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Concentrated Apple Juice, Salt, Chives, Parsley, Garlic Purée, Mint, Vinegar, Dried Mustard, Mustard Seeds, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Black Pepper, Mustard Husk

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 bean dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 42% of the bean dishes 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 12 bean dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00537872, last edited 6 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.