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Is M&S Food Wholegrain 3 Seed Beetroot Lightly Salted Crackers ultra-processed?

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Pack of M&S Food Wholegrain 3 Seed Beetroot Lightly Salted Crackers

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 6 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Maize Flour Maize Flour Sunflower Oil, Beetroot 4%, Mixed Seeds 3% (Linseed Sunflower Millet), Colour (Beetroot Red Rice Flour Sea Salt)

As written on the pack

Wholegrain Maize Flour Maize Flour Sunflower Oil. Dried Beetroot (4%) Mixed Seeds (3%) (Linseed Sunflower Millet) Colour: Beetroot Red Rice Flour Sea Salt

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29126361, last edited 27 March 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.