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Is M&S Food Chicken Pesto Pasta ultra-processed?

400 g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of M&S Food Chicken Pesto Pasta

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Water, Semi Skimmed Milk, Chicken Breast, Rapeseed Oil, Single Cream, Regato Cheese, Basil, Cornflour, Lemon Juice, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Salt, Garlic Purée, Yeast Extract, Toasted Pine Kernels, Spinach, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Coarse Black Pepper, Garlic Purée

As written on the pack

Cooked Pasta, (Durum Wheat Semolina. Water), Water, Semi Skimmed Milk, Cooked Chicken Breast, Rapeseed Oil, Single Cream (Milk), Regato Cheese (Milk), Basil, Cornflour, Lemon Juice, Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Salt, Garlic Purée, Yeast Extract, Toasted Pine Kernels, Spinach, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Coarse Black Pepper, Roasted Garlic Purée.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29471119, last edited 24 June 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.