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Is M&S Foods Chicken & Pesto Pasta Bowl ultra-processed?

195g Pasta salad with meat Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Foods Chicken & Pesto Pasta Bowl

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Egg Pasta 55% (Water, Durum Wheat, Semolina, Egg), Chicken Breast 12%, Spinach, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Water, Tomatoes 4%, Basil 2.5%, Lemon Juice, Italian Hard Cheese, Basil Infused Vegetable Oil, Pine Kernels, Salt, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Black Pepper, Dried Oregano

As written on the pack

Cooked Egg Pasta (55%) (Water, Durum Wheat, Semolina (contains Gluten), Pasteurised Egg), Cooked Chicken Breast (12%), Spinach, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Water, Semi-Dried Tomatoes (4%), Basil (2.5%), Lemon Juice, Italian Hard Cheese (Milk), Basil Infused Vegetable Oil, Pine Kernels, Salt, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Ground Black Pepper, Dried Oregano.

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 pasta salad with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 77% of the pasta salad with meat 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 13 pasta salad with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29347582, last edited 17 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.