Is M&S Gastropub Gastro Pub British Beef Lasagne ultra-processed?

800 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Gastropub Gastro Pub British Beef Lasagne

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:

  • 60 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Whole Milk, Minced Beef 19%, Cooked Pulled Beef 10%, Egg Pasta 10% (Durum Wheat, Semolina, Water, Egg), Tomatoes, Onions, Red Wine, Tomato Paste, Cornish Cove Mature Cheddar Cheese, Beef Stock (Water, Beef Bones, Onions, Tomato Purée, Carrots, Leeks, Garlic Parsley, Herbs (Rosemary, Bay Leaves, Thyme)), Smoked Bacon 3% (Pork, Water, Curing Salt (Salt (processing marker), Preservative (processing marker) (Sodium Nitrite (processing marker))), Antioxidant (e301)), Brown Ale (Barley), Red Leicester Cheese (processing marker) (Red Leicester Cheese, Natural Colour (ultra-processing marker) (B-carotenes)), Carrots, Cornflour, Tomato Juice, Butter (processing marker), Broad Bean Flour, Salt (processing marker), Double Cream, Wheatflour, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Parsley, Thyme, Mustard, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Rosemary, Spices (Black Pepper White Pepper, Turmeric, Allspice), Bay Leaves

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Whole Milk, Minced Beef (19%), Cooked Pulled Beef (10%), Cooked Egg Pasta (10%) (Durum Wheat, Semolina, Water, Pasteurised Egg), Tomatoes, Onions, Red Wine, Tomato Paste, Cornish Cove Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (4%), Beef Stock (Water, Beef Bones, Onions, Tomato Purée, Carrots, Leeks, Garlic Parsley, Dried Herbs (Rosemary, Bay Leaves, Thyme)), Smoked Bacon (3%) (Pork, Water, Curing Salt (Salt, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite), Antioxidant: E301) Brown Ale (Barley), Red Leicester Cheese (Red Leicester Cheese (Milk), Natural Colour: B-carotenes) (2%), Carrots, Cornflour, Tomato Juice, Butter (Milk), Broad Bean Flour, Salt, Double Cream (Milk), Wheatflour*, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Garlic Purée, Parsley, Thyme, Dried Mustard, Modified Maize Starch, Rosemary, Ground Spices (Black Pepper White Pepper, Turmeric, Allspice), Ground Bay Leaves

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.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
7 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.

  • 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29417414, last edited 17 April 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.