Is M&S Food Chilli and Coriander Honduran King Prawns ultra-processed?

100 g Cooked Prawns Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

13 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed prawns

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

King Prawns, Water, Ginger, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), Red Chillies, Sugar (processing marker), Red Bell Peppers, Paprika, Cornflour, Cracked Black Pepper, Garlic Purée

As written on the pack

King Prawns (Crustacean) (84%), Water, Ginger Purée, Coriander, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Red Chillies, Sugar, Red Bell Peppers, Ground Paprika, Cornflour, Cracked Black Pepper, Garlic Purée

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 cooked Prawns

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 0% of the cooked Prawns 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 8 cooked Prawns, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29467624, last edited 10 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.