Is M&S Chicken Stock ultra-processed?

500 ml Poultry broth Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, meals, as at least group 3.

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Water, Yeast Extract, Chicken Fat, Chicken Bones, Salt Chicken, Carrots, Onions, Tomato Paste, Bay, Thyme

As written on the pack

Water, Yeast Extract, Chicken Fat, Chicken Bones, Salt Chicken, Carrots, Onions, Tomato Paste, Bay, Thyme

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

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 71% of the poultry broth 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.

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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).
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