Is M&S Marinated Turmeric Cauliflower Florets ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cauliflower 79% (Cauliflower Salt White Wine Vinegar Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Citric Acid Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)), Mango Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Sugar Red Chilli Purée Chilli Infused Sunflower Oil Coriander Parsley Mango Purée Ground Garam Masala (Coriander Cinnamon Cumin Black Pepper Ginger Cloves), Cornflour Vinegar, Cumin Seeds Turmeric Nigella Seeds Concentrated Lemon Juice Garlic Purée Ginger Purée Dried Chilli Flakes Coarse Black Pepper, Acidity 170ge Regulator (Citric Acid Colour), Curcumin (ultra-processing marker), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid
As written on the pack
Pickled Cauliflower (79%) (Cauliflower Salt White Wine Vinegar Acidity Regulator: Lactic Acid, Citric Acid Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid). Mango Vegetable Oils (Sunflower/Refined Rapeseed) Sugar Red Chilli Purée Chilli Infused Sunflower Oil Coriander Parsley Mango Purée Ground Garam Masala (Coriander Cinnamon Cumin Black Pepper Ginger Cloves) Cornflour Vinegar - Cumin Seeds Turmeric Nigella Seeds Concentrated Lemon Juice Garlic Purée Ginger Purée Dried Chilli Flakes Coarse Black Pepper · Acidity 170ge Regulator: Citric Acid Colour: Curcumin, Paprika Extract.
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29156962, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.