Is M&S Roasted Vegetable Couscous ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, meals, as at least group 3.
- 12 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Vegetables 37% (Courgette, Peppers Red Onions Sunflower Oil Smoked Paprika, C Salt), Cooked Wheatflour Couscous 21% (Water, Wheatflour), Couscous 21% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Tomatoes Lemon Juice Pumpkin Seeds Sugar Parsley Salt White Wine Vinegar, Garlic Purée Dried Mustard Vinegar Ground Smoked Paprika Ground Black Pepper Mustard Husk
As written on the pack
Roasted Vegetables (37%) (Courgette. Peppers Red Onions Sunflower Oil Smoked Paprika. C Salt) Cooked Wheatflour Couscous (21%) (Water. Wheatflour (contains Gluten)) Cooked Couscous (21%) (Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Water) Tomatoes Lemon Juice Pumpkin Seeds Sugar Parsley Salt White Wine Vinegar. Garlic Purée Dried Mustard Vinegar Ground Smoked Paprika Ground Black Pepper Mustard Husk.
What makes it processed
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 16 prepared couscous
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 69% of the prepared couscous here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00185677, 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.