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Is M&S Foods Hoisin Duck Wrap ultra-processed?

Sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Foods Hoisin Duck Wrap

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

Roast Duck 24% (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water Cucumber 11%, Hoisin Sauce 9% (Water Muscovado Sugar Soybeans Sugar, Brown Sugar Concentrated Plum Juice Tomato Paste Cornflour Salt Black Treacle Ginger Purée, Red Chilli Purée Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Red Wine Vinegar Molasses Rice Vinegar Ground Spices (Cinnamon Fennel Ginger Aniseed Cloves), Barley Malt Vinegar, Barley Malt Extract (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Acetic Acid), Spinach 6%, Spring Onions 2%, Palm Oil Soy Sauce (Water Soybeans Salt Vinegar), Glycerol Sugar Rice Wine Rapeseed Oil Muscovado Sugar Emulsifier, e471 Ground Spices (Ginger Star Anise Fennel Cinnamon Cloves), e920 Salt Acidity Regulator, Malic Acid

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E920 L-cysteine

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

Roast Duck (24%) Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Water Cucumber (11%) Hoisin Sauce (9%) (Water Muscovado Sugar Soybeans Sugar - Brown Sugar Concentrated Plum Juice Tomato Paste Cornflour Salt Black Treacle Ginger Purée - Red Chilli Purée Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Red Wine Vinegar Molasses Rice Vinegar Ground Spices (Cinnamon Fennel Ginger Aniseed Cloves) Barley Malt Vinegar (contains Gluten) Barley Malt Extract (contains Gluten) Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin). Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid) Spinach (6%) Spring Onions (2%) Palm Oil Soy Sauce (Water Soybeans Salt Vinegar) Humectant: Glycerol Sugar Rice Wine Rapeseed Oil Muscovado Sugar Emulsifier: E471 Ground Spices (Ginger Star Anise Fennel Cinnamon Cloves) Flour Treatment Agent: E920 Salt Acidity Regulator: Malic Acid. • • •

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.

2 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 76th. 82% of the 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 324 sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00246118, last edited 12 August 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.