Is M&S Food Sour cream and chive dip ultra-processed?

230g Dips Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed dips

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

Soured Cream, Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Chives 2.5%, Cornflour, White Wine Vinegar, Egg, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Concentrated Lemon Juice

As written on the pack

Soured Cream (Milk) (56%), Rapeseed Oil. Onions, Chives (2.5%), Cornflour, White Wine Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt, Sugar, Concentrated Lemon Juice.

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 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 75th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00775922, last edited 27 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.