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Is M&S Food Beetroot Apple & Pink Cabbage Slaw with a Yogurt Dressing ultra-processed?

200g Lettuces Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of M&S Food Beetroot Apple & Pink Cabbage Slaw with a Yogurt 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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed lettuces

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

Beetroot 29%, Pink Cabbage 18%, Apples 17%, Yogurt, Water Rapeseed Oil Honey Horseradish Paste 3% (Horseradish, Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Sea Salt, Sugar, Acidity Regulator, Lactic Acid, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)), Potato Starch Vinegar White Wine Vinegar Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt, Dried Mustard Citrus Fibre Dried Egg White Mustard Husk Sea Salt Sugar Ground Allspice Turmeric

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Beetroot (29%) Pink Cabbage (18%) Apples (17%) Yogurt (Milk) Water Rapeseed Oil Honey Horseradish Paste (3%) (Horseradish, Vinegar, Rapeseed Oil. Water, Sea Salt ,Sugar, Acidity Regulator. Lactic Acid, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid) Potato Starch Vinegar White Wine Vinegar Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt, Dried Mustard Citrus Fibre Dried Egg White Mustard Husk Sea Salt Sugar Ground Allspice Turmeric

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 22 lettuces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 41% of the lettuces 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 22 lettuces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00347358, last edited 22 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.