Is M&S Food Dauphinoise Potatoes ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 11 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Potatoes 49%, Whole Milk, Whipping Cream, Emmental Cheese (processing marker), Unsalted Butter (processing marker), Cornflour, Garlic, Salt (processing marker), Ground Nutmeg, Bay Leaves, White Pepper
As written on the pack
Potatoes (49%) Whole Milk ,Whipping Cream (Milk) (19%). Emmental Cheese (Milk) (5%), Unsalted Butter (Milk) ,Cornflour, Garlic, Salt, Ground Nutmeg, Ground Bay Leaves, Ground White Pepper.
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.
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.
Among 13 potato gratin
From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 31% of the potato gratin here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29417506, last edited 23 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.