Is M&S Food Bang Bang Chicken & Rice Noodles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 39 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Rice Noodles 28%, nut Water Rice Flour) Chicken Breast 20%, Peanut, Coconut 15%, Chilli Dressing 15%, Edamame Soybeans 6%, Spinach, Cabbage, allergy Courgette Peppers Carrots Peanuts Spring Onions, not for ● ● Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Lime Juice Ginger Purée Coriander Golden Linseed Lemongrass Ground ● ● ● ● Spices (Coriander Cumin Turmeric), Galangal Sugar, Garlic Purée Salt Lime Leaves Dried Paprika Flakes Potato ● ● ● ● ● Starch Coconut Cream (Coconut Water), Water, Shallots Rapeseed Oil Soybeans Wheat, peanut, coconut, CHILLI DRESSING contains Water, Water, Sugar (processing marker), ● ● ● ● Peanuts Coconut Cream, Coconut Extract Lime Juice Garlic Purée Red Chilli Purée Lemongrass, Salt (processing marker), Ginger, Lime Leaves, Cornflour, Coriander, Soybeans, Wheat, Stabiliser (Pectin (ultra-processing marker)), Turmeric, Palm Oil, Peanut Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil
Additives: E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
Cooked Rice Noodles (28%) nut Water Rice Flour) Chicken Breast (20%). Peanut, Coconut and Chilli Dressing (15%). Edamame Soybeans (6%) Spinach. Cabbage. allergy Courgette Peppers Carrots Peanuts Spring Onions. not for ● ● Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Lime Juice Ginger Purée Coriander Golden Linseed Lemongrass Ground ● ● ● ● Spices (Coriander Cumin Turmeric) Galangal Sugar. Garlic Purée Salt Lime Leaves Dried Paprika Flakes Potato ● ● ● ● ● Starch Coconut Cream (Coconut Extract Water). Water. Shallots Rapeseed Oil Soybeans Wheat (contains Gluten). PEANUT, COCONUT AND CHILLI DRESSING contains Water - Water). Sugar. ● ● ● ● Peanuts Coconut Cream (Coconut Extract Lime Juice Garlic Purée Red Chilli Purée Lemongrass, Salt, Ginger Purée, Lime Leaves, Cornflour, Coriander, Soybeans, Wheat (contains Gluten), Stabiliser: Pectin, Turmeric, Palm Oil, Peanut Oil, Rapeseed Oil
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.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
3 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.
- 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29227082, last edited 27 March 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.