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Is M&S Classic Salad Crayfish & Mango with a coconut & chilli dressing ultra-processed?

360 g Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Classic Salad Crayfish & Mango with a coconut & chilli dressing

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Turmeric Rice 20%, Quinoa, Crayfish 13%, Coconut 11%, Chilli Dressing 11%, Cooked Rice 10%, Carrots, Mango 7%, Peppers Rocket, Rapeseed Oil, Lemon Juice, White Wine Vinegar, Coriander, Cracked Black Pepper, coconut, CHILLI DRESSING contains Water, Coconut Cream, Lime Juice, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Lemongrass, Salt, Ginger, Cornflour, Lime Leaves, Chilli Infused Sunflower Oil, Red Chilli Purée, White Wine Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Turmeric Vinegar, Mustard, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Allspice

As written on the pack

Turmeric Rice (20%), Quinoa, Crayfish (13%), Coconut and Chilli Dressing (11%), Cooked Rice (10%), Carrots, Mango (7%), Peppers Rocket. Rapeseed Oil, Lemon Juice, White Wine Vinegar, Coriander, Cracked Black Pepper. COCONUT AND CHILLI DRESSING contains Water, Coconut Cream, Lime Juice, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Lemongrass, Salt. Ginger Purée, Cornflour, Lime Leaves, Chilli Infused Sunflower Oil, Red Chilli Purée, White Wine Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Turmeric Vinegar - Dried Mustard, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Ground Allspice.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00496384, last edited 16 April 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.