Is M&s Food King Prawn Alfredo ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 14 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
cooked pasta 49% (water durum wheat semolina, rapeseed oil), water single cream, cooked king prawns, mature cheddar cheese (processing marker), whole milk lemón juice white wine tapioca starch crana padano cheese (grana padano cheese (processing marker), preservative (processing marker) (lysozyme)), salt rapeseed oil, carlic purée parsley sugar sunflower oil lemon est gelling agent (pectin (ultra-processing marker), cracked black penner)
Additives: E1105 Lysozyme , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
cooked pasta (49%) (water durum wheat semolina (contains gluten) rapeseed oil) water single cream (milk) (11%) · cooked king prawns (crustacean) (11%) mature cheddar cheese (milk) (3%) - whole milk lemón juice white wine tapioca starch crana padano cheese (grana padano cheese (milk) preservative: lysozyme (egg)) · salt rapeseed oil - carlic purée parsley sugar sunflower oil lemon est gelling agent : pectin · cracked black penner
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.
3 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 544 pasta dishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 226th. 72% of the pasta dishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00273015, last edited 22 March 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.