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Is M&s Food Stir Fry Sweet Soy, Ginger & Garlic ultra-processed?

150 g Cooking Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and Scotland

Pack of M&s Food Stir Fry Sweet Soy, Ginger & Garlic

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cooking 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, Tomatoes Dark Soy Sauce 14%, Water, Sea Salt, Sugar, Soybeans, Wheat, Sugar, Garlic 9%, Red Wine Vinegar, Tomato Juice Ginger 6%, · Cornflour, Coriander, Lime Juice, Red Chillies, Garlic Purée, Roasted Spring Onion Oil

As written on the pack

Water , Tomatoes Dark Soy Sauce (14%) (Water , Sea Salt , Sugar , Soybeans , Roasted Wheat , Sugar , Garlic (9%) , Red Wine Vinegar , Tomato Juice Ginger (6%),· Cornflour , Coriander , Lime Juice , Red Chillies , Roasted Garlic Purée , Roasted Spring Onion Oil

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 36 cooking Sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 67% of the cooking 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 36 cooking Sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00705882, last edited 28 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.