Is M&s Food Tuna & Sweetcorn ultra-processed?

1 Fish sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E160c Paprika extract
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

22 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed fish sandwiches

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

Skipjack Tuna (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water ⚫ Sweetcorn 16%, Rapeseed Oil Malted Wheatflakes, Pasteurised Egg Yolk Wheat Bran, Cornflour, Salt Dried Egg Yeast (Yeast Vitamin D Yeast), White Wine Vinegar Malted Barley Flour, Palm Oil Emulsifier (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), e472e Cracked Black Pepper Malted, Wheatflour, Concentrated Lemon Juice Dried Fermented Wheatflour, Wheat Gluten Mustard ·, Extract Sugar Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid Palm Fat Natural Colour), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

• Skipjack Tuna Flakes (Fish) (24%) Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) • • • Water ⚫ Sweetcorn (16%) Rapeseed Oil Malted Wheatflakes (contain Gluten) Pasteurised Egg Yolk Wheat Bran (contains Gluten) Cornflour. Salt Dried Egg Yeast (Yeast Vitamin D Yeast). White Wine Vinegar Malted Barley Flour . • • • (contains Gluten) Palm Oil Emulsifier: E471, E472e Cracked Black Pepper Malted . • Wheatflour (contains Gluten) Concentrated Lemon Juice Dried Fermented Wheatflour (contains Gluten) Wheat Gluten Mustard · . • • • Extract Sugar Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid Palm Fat Natural Colour: Paprika Extract

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 fish sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 78% of the fish sandwiches 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 9 fish sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00159715, last edited 23 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.