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Is M&S Nutritious salad ultra-processed?

315 g Meals with chicken Sold in Ireland

Pack of M&S Nutritious salad

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:

  • 56 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Red Pepper Houmous 22%, nut (Red Peppers, Cooked Chickpeas (Water, Chickpeas), Water Tahini (Sesame Seed allergy Paste), Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Lemon Juice, Concentrated Lemon Juice Garlic Purée Salt, Extra Virgin Olive Oil-Garlic), Chicken Thighs 17%, Cooked Wheatflour Couscous 10% (Water, Wheatflour (contains S Gluten)), Vinegar Infused Cabbage 8% (Cabbage, Cider Vinegar, Sugar, Caraway Seeds, Salt, Smoked Paprika), Couscous 7% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Cucumber, Lettuce, Cabbage Carrots Dried Apricots, Flaked Almonds 1.5%, Courgette Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Water, Spinach, Spices (Cumin, Turmeric, Sumac, Cardamom, Paprika, Coriander, Cinnamon Black Pepper, Ginger), Ginger, Coriander, White Wine Vinegar, Garlic Purée Mint, Lemon Juice Salt, Potato Starch, Cornflour

As written on the pack

Red Pepper Houmous (22%) nut (Red Peppers - Cooked Chickpeas (Water - Chickpeas) - Water Tahini (Sesame Seed allergy Paste) - Rapeseed Oil - Cornflour - Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) - Lemon Juice - Concentrated Lemon Juice Garlic Purée Salt - Extra Virgin Olive Oil-Garlic)- Chicken Thighs (17%) - Cooked Wheatflour Couscous (10%) (Water - Wheatflour (contains S Gluten)) - Vinegar Infused Cabbage (8%) (Cabbage - Cider Vinegar - Sugar - Ground Caraway Seeds - Salt - Ground Smoked Paprika) - Cooked Couscous (7%) (Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Water) - Cucumber - Lettuce - Cabbage Carrots Dried Apricots (contains Sulphites) - Flaked Almonds (1.5%) - Courgette Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed)- Water - Spinach - Ground Spices (Cumin - Turmeric - Sumac - Cardamom - Paprika - Coriander - Cinnamon Black Pepper - Ginger) - Ginger Purée - Coriander - White Wine Vinegar - Garlic Purée Mint - Lemon Juice Salt - Potato Starch - Cornflour

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29227075, last edited 2 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.