Is M&S Smoked Haddock Fillet Fishcakes ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 28 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Haddock 24% (Haddock, Salt Colour (Curcumin (ultra-processing marker)), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Haddock (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate (ultra-processing marker), Iron, all Niacin, Thiamin), Potatoes Water Potato Flakes Rapeseed Oil Onions Cheddar Cheese, Durum Wheat Semolina, Whole Milk Whipping Cream, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Lemon Juice Wheat Gluten Full Fat Soft Cheese, Single Cream, Fish Stock (Fish Bones Carrots, Onions White Wine Parsley Thyme, Black Pepper), Salt Parsley, Cornflour Unsalted Butter, Inactive Yeast, Fish Gelatine (ultra-processing marker), Yeast Garlic Purée Ground White Pepper Colour (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Black Pepper Extract
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E428 Gelatine
As written on the pack
Smoked Haddock (24%) (Haddock (Fish) (98%) Salt Colour: Curcumin, Paprika Extract) Haddock (Fish) (13%) Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, all Niacin, Thiamin) Potatoes Water Potato Flakes Rapeseed Oil Onions Cheddar Cheese (Milk) Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Whole Milk Whipping Cream (Milk) Wheat Starch (contains Gluten) Lemon Juice Wheat Gluten Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) Single Cream (Milk) Fish Stock (Fish Bones Carrots. Onions White Wine Parsley Thyme. Ground Black Pepper) Salt Parsley. Cornflour Unsalted Butter (Milk) - Inactive Yeast (contains Barley, Wheat, Gluten) Fish Gelatine. Yeast Garlic Purée Ground White Pepper Colour: Paprika Extract - Black Pepper 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.
- E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00644075, last edited 2 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.