Is Marks & Spencer 2 Smoked Salmón rockero fishcakes ultra-processed?

Fish preparations 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:

Salt
Sugar

21 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed fish preparations

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

Salmon, Potatoes 22%, Smoked Salmon 16% (Salmon, Salt (processing marker)), Lemon Mayonnaise 15% (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Lemon Juice Rocket 2%, Rapeseed Oil, Salt Garlic Purée Olive Oil Cracked Black Pepper Yeast, LEMON MAYONNAISE contains Rapeseed Oil Single Cream, Water, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Lemon Juice Vinegar White Wine Vinegar Cornflour, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Parsley Black Mustard Seeds Concentrated Lemon Juice Cracked Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Salmon (Fish) (26%) Potatoes (22%) Smoked Salmon (16%) (Salmon (Fish) (95%) Salt) Lemon Mayonnaise (15%). Onions Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) - Lemon Juice Rocket (2%). Rapeseed Oil - Salt Garlic Purée Olive Oil Cracked Black Pepper Yeast. LEMON MAYONNAISE contains Rapeseed Oil Single Cream (Milk) Water - Pasteurised Egg Yolk - Lemon Juice Vinegar White Wine Vinegar Cornflour. Salt - Sugar - Parsley Black Mustard Seeds Concentrated Lemon Juice Cracked Black Pepper

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 208 fish preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 74% of the fish preparations 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 208 fish preparations, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00524360, last edited 21 August 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.