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Is M&S Food Bell Peppers with Cream Cheese ultra-processed?

120 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Bell Peppers with Cream Cheese

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cherry Peppers 58% (Cherry Peppers, Sugar, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Goat's Cheese (Acidity Regulator, Citric Acid, Preservative (e202)), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Cherry Peppers (58%) (Cherry Peppers, Sugar, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Goat's Cheese (Milk) (33%) (Acidity Regulator. Citric Acid, Preservative: E202), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower/Refined Rapeseed).

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00740265, last edited 25 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.