Is M&S Food Spanish Manzanilla & Cuquillo Olives ultra-processed?

252 g Olives Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

12 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed olives

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

Manzanilla Olives, Cuquillo Olives, Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Salt (processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Lactic Acid, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid, May contain olive stones)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Manzanilla Olives, Cuquillo Olives, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower/Refined Rapeseed), Salt, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid. May contain olive stones.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 123 olives

From least to most processed, this one ranks 103rd. 11% of the olives 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 123 olives, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00701235, last edited 5 June 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.