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Is M&S Food Mango Chutney ultra-processed?

300 g e Mango chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of M&S Food Mango Chutney

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed mango chutneys

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

Sugar Mango 40%, Mango Purée 5%, Cornflour, Vinegar, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Garam Masala Spice Blend (Coriander, Cinnamon, Cumin, Black Pepper, Ginger, Cloves), Coarse Black Pepper, Red Chilli Purée, Colour (Paprika Extract), Curcumin

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Sugar Mango (40%), Mango Purée (5%), Cornflour, Vinegar, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Garam Masala Spice Blend (Coriander, Cinnamon, Cumin, Black Pepper, Ginger, Cloves), Coarse Black Pepper, Red Chilli Purée, Colour: Paprika Extract, Curcumin.

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 mango chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 22% of the mango chutneys 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 23 mango chutneys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00693769, last edited 16 May 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.