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Is M&S Food Soy, Miso and Chilli sauce ultra-processed?

150g Soy sauces Sold in Ireland

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed soy 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, Mirin Rice Wine, Soft Brown Sugar, Rice Vinegar, White Miso 6% (Water, Soybeans Rice Salt), Ginger, Honey, Red Chillies 3.5%, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Soybeans, Vinegar, Barley Malt Extract (contains Cluten, with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin)

As written on the pack

Water, Mirin Rice Wine, Soft Brown Sugar, Rice Vinegar, White Miso (6%) (Water - Soybeans Rice Salt), Ginger Purée, Honey, Red Chillies (3.5%), Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Salt, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Soybeans, Vinegar, Barley Malt Extract (contains Cluten), Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 94 soy sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 60% of the soy 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 94 soy sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29295166, 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.
  • 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.