Is M&s Food Stir Fry Teriyaki ultra-processed?

150g Teriyaki sauces Sold in the United Kingdom, France and Morocco

Pack of M&s Food Stir Fry Teriyaki

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 E

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 Soy Sauce 28% (Water, Sugar (processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Soybeans, Wheat, Salt (processing marker), Wheat (contains Cluten)), Soft Brown Sugar, Tomato Purée, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), White Wine Vinegar, Mirin Rice Wine, Ginger, Tamarind, Cornflour, Dashi Stock (Water, Kelp, Shiitake Mushrooms), Smoked Paprika

As written on the pack

Water Soy Sauce (28%) (Water. Sugar ,Sea Salt ,Soybeans, Roasted Wheat (contains Gluten) ,Salt ,Wheat (contains Cluten)), Soft Brown Sugar,Tomato Purée ,Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) ,White Wine Vinegar ,Mirin Rice Wine, Ginger Purée, Concentrated Tamarind ,Cornflour ,Dashi Stock (Water, Kelp ,Shiitake Mushrooms), Smoked Paprika

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 teriyaki sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 64% of the teriyaki 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 22 teriyaki sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00997805, last edited 13 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.