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Is M&S Food Plum & Hoisin Stir Fry Sauce ultra-processed?

150g Hoisin sauces Sold in Ireland and Scotland

Pack of M&S Food Plum & Hoisin Stir Fry Sauce

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sauces

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

Water, Sugar, Plum 14%, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, Ginger, Salt, Cornflour, Broad Beans, Soybeans, Garlic Purée, Lime Juice, Spices (Star Anise, Cinnamon, Fennel, Black Pepper, Cloves), Vinegar, Barley Malt Extract, Wheatflour

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Concentrated Plum Juice (14%), Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Purée, Ginger Purée, Salt, Cornflour, Broad Beans, Soybeans, Garlic Purée, Lime Juice, Ground Spices (Star Anise, Cinnamon, Fennel, Black Pepper, Cloves), Vinegar, Barley Malt Extract, Wheatflour

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 hoisin sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 87% of the hoisin sauces 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 15 hoisin sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29079698, last edited 2 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.