Is M&S Gastropub Beef Bourguignon ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 21 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
British Beef 34%, Red Wine 21%, Smoked Bacon 9% (British Pork 86%, Water Curing Salt (Salt (processing marker), Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Nitrite (processing marker)), Sodium Nitrate (processing marker), Potassium Nitrate), Sugar Antioxidant (e301)), Water Baby Onions 7%, Button Mushrooms 7%, Onions Wheatflour* Beef Stock (Water, Beef Bones, Tomato Paste, Onion, Carrots), Carrot Purée Beef Dripping Beef Gelatine Garlic Purée White Wine Vinegar Molasses Thyme Cracked Black Pepper Bay Leaf
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E251 Sodium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate
As written on the pack
British Beef (34%) Red Wine (21%) Smoked Bacon (9%) (British Pork (86%) Water Curing Salt (Salt, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite, Sodium Nitrate, Potassium Nitrate) Sugar Antioxidant: E301) Water Baby Onions (7%) Button Mushrooms (7%) Onions Wheatflour* Beef Stock (Water, Beef Bones, Tomato Paste, Onion, Carrots) Carrot Purée Beef Dripping Beef Gelatine Garlic Purée White Wine Vinegar Molasses Thyme Cracked Black Pepper Bay Leaf
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.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- E251 Sodium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
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.
Among 69 beef dishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 55% of the beef dishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00773515, last edited 7 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.