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Is M&S Food 6 Duck Spring Rolls ultra-processed?

215g Spring rolls Sold in Ireland

Pack of M&S Food 6 Duck Spring Rolls

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:

  • 67 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed spring rolls

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

Duck 25% (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Carrots 10%, Water Chestnuts 7%, Rapeseed Oil, Beansprouts 4%, Hoisin Sauce 4% (Sugar, Rice Wine Vinegar, Soybeans, Glucose Syrup, Salt, Water, Garlic Purée, Spices (Fennel Seeds, Star Anise, Cinnamon, Chilli, Cloves, White Pepper), Beetroot, Rice Flour (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Plain Caramel, Sesame Oil, Wheat, Acetic Acid), Spring Onions 3%, Cornflour, Sugar, Edamame Soybeans, Red Wine Vinegar, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt), Salt, Palm Fat, Five Spice (Star Anise, Fennel, Cinnamon, Cloves, Black Pepper, Ginger), Dextrose, Ginger, Garlic Purée, e471, Toasted Sesame Oil, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Vinegar, e307, Chilli

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E260 Acetic acid , E307 Alpha-tocopherol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Cooked Duck (25%), Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Carrots (10%), Water Chestnuts (7%), Rapeseed Oil, Beansprouts (4%), Hoisin Sauce (4%) (Sugar, Rice Wine Vinegar, Soybeans, Glucose Syrup, Salt, Water, Garlic Purée, Ground Spices (Fennel Seeds, Star Anise, Cinnamon, Chilli Powder, Cloves, White Pepper), Dried Beetroot Extract, Rice Flour, Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Colour: Plain Caramel, Sesame Oil, Wheat (contains Gluten), Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid), Spring Onions (3%),. Cornflour, Sugar, Edamame Soybeans, Red Wine Vinegar, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat (contains Gluten), Salt), Salt, Dried Palm Fat, Five Spice (Star Anise, Fennel, Cinnamon, Cloves, Black Pepper, Ginger), Dextrose, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Emulsifier: E471, Toasted Sesame Oil, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed), Vinegar, Antioxidant: E307, Chilli Powder

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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
5 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 spring rolls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 63% of the spring rolls 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 19 spring rolls, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00236577, last edited 27 August 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.