Is Marks & Spencer 2 Scotch Eggs ultra-processed?

227g Eggs Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Starch

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed eggs

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

egg 37%, british pork 30% (with wheatflour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water rapeseed oil, pork fat, onions, potato starch (processing marker), sage, salt sea salt, nutmeg, white pepper, black pepper, yeast

As written on the pack

cooked egg (37%) · british pork (30%) · wheatflour contains gluten (with wheatflour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin) water rapeseed oil - pork fat · onions, potato starch, sage, salt sea salt · ground nutmeg · ground white pepper · ground black pepper · yeast,

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 165 eggs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 145th. 10% of the eggs 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 165 eggs, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00198707, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.