Is M&s Food Chicken Gravy ultra-processed?

Dehydrated sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt

22 ingredients
No additives

Less processed sauces

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

Water, Yeast Extract, Chicken Fat, Chicken Bones, Salt (processing marker), Chicken, Carrots, Onions, Tomato Paste, Bay, Thyme, Onions, Cornflour, Carrots, Mushrooms, Chicken Fat, Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Water, Yeast Extract. Chicken Fat, Chicken Bones, Salt, Chicken, Carrots - Onions - Tomato Paste, Bay, Thyme,) Onions, Cornflour, - Carrots, Mushrooms, Chicken Fat, Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin, Ground White Pepper.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 50 dehydrated sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 96% of the dehydrated sauces 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 50 dehydrated sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00272629, last edited 21 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.