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Is M&S Food Chicken Tagliatelle ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of M&S Food Chicken Tagliatelle

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

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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

Cooked Pasta 34% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Tomatoes 16%, Chicken Breast 14%, Tomato Passata, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Tomato Paste, Carrots, Celery, Garlic Purée, Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Basil Infused Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Salt, Potato Starch, Sundried Tomatoes, Rosemary, Paprika, Pectin, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Tomato Purée, Coarse Ground Black Pepper, Dextrose, Sugar, Dried Oregano, Dried Garlic, Basil

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Cooked Pasta (34%) (Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Water) - Tomatoes (16%) - Cooked Chicken Breast (14%) - Tomato Passata - Water - Rapeseed Oil - Onions - Tomato Paste - Carrots - Celery - Garlic Purée - Red Wine Vinegar - Cornflour. Basil Infused Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) - Salt - Potato Starch - Sundried Tomatoes - Rosemary - Paprika Flakes - Stabiliser: Pectin - Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/ Rapeseed) - Tomato Purée - Coarse Ground Black Pepper - Dextrose - Sugar - Dried Oregano - Dried Garlic - Basil

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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 139th. 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 00937641, last edited 2 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.