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Is M&s Food Italian Pasta & Spinach Salad ultra-processed?

400 g Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of M&s Food Italian Pasta & Spinach Salad

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Egg Pasta 66% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water Pasteurised Egg), Spinach 5%, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Basil Infused Vegetable Oil, Basil Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Lemon Juice, Pecorino Cheese, Pine Kernels Salt, Garlic Purée, Red Wine Vinegar Ground Black Pepper Rapeseed Oil For allergens see ingredients in bold, Made in the UK with pasta, SC1844 © Marks and Spencer plc PO Box 3339 CH99 9QS United Kingdom M&S, Ltd PO Box 13022 Ravensdale Dublin 2 Ireland marksandspencer.com TRAY Recycle FILM Don't recycle at home RECYCLE WITH BAGS AT MARKET 400 ge M0427 364 S

As written on the pack

Cooked Egg Pasta (66%) (Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Water Pasteurised Egg) Spinach (5%) - Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Basil Infused Vegetable Oil - Basil Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk) Lemon Juice - Vegetarian Pecorino Cheese (Milk) Pine Kernels Salt - Garlic Purée - Red Wine Vinegar Ground Black Pepper Rapeseed Oil For allergens see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians Made in the UK with pasta from Italy. SC1844 © Marks and Spencer plc PO Box 3339 CH99 9QS United Kingdom M&S (Ireland) Ltd PO Box 13022 Ravensdale Dublin 2 Ireland marksandspencer.com TRAY Recycle FILM Don't recycle at home RECYCLE WITH BAGS AT MARKET 400 ge M0427 364 S

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.

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00427364, last edited 13 April 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.