Is M&S Food Paté di Pomodoro ultra-processed?

190 g Tomato pastes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

9 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed tomato pastes

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

Dried Tomatoes, vegetable oil (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), rapeseed oil, white wine vinegar, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), Dried Garlic, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Rehydrated Dried Tomatoes, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, white wine vinegar, salt, sugar, Dried Garlic · Ground Black Pepper.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 tomato pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 0% of the tomato pastes 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 28 tomato pastes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00904209, last edited 25 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.