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Is Marks & Spencer Bang Bang Poke Bowl ultra-processed?

Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Bang Bang Poke Bowl

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Brown Rice 40% (Water Brown Rice), Peanut, Coconut nut and Chilli Dressing 14%, King Prawns, Vinegar Infused Cabbage 10% (Cabbage Rice Vinegar Sugar Salt), Spinach Peanuts Spring Onions Salt, Sesame Seeds Carrots, Radish, Toasted Sesame Seed Oil, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Sugar, Coriander Coconut Extract, Garlic Purée, Red Chill Purée Soybeans Dried Paprika Flakes Wheat, Cornflour, Lemongrass, Lime Leaves Turmeric Black Sesame Seeds Ground Cayenne Pepper Potato Starch, peanut, coconut, CHILLI DRESSING contains Water Peanuts Coconut Extract, Sugar Lime Juice, Garlic Purée, Red Chilli Purée Salt Lemongrass Ginger Purée, Lime Leaves Cornflour Coriander Soybeans Wheat, Stabiliser (Pectin Turmeric Palm Oil, Peanut TRAY Recycle Oil), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), LID Recycle not, Not suitable for those with a Nut allergy

As written on the pack

Cooked Brown Rice (40%) (Water Brown Rice) - Peanut, Coconut nut and Chilli Dressing (14%) - King Prawns (Crustacean) (12%) - Vinegar Infused Cabbage (10%) (Cabbage Rice Vinegar Sugar Salt) - Spinach Peanuts Spring Onions Salt - Sesame Seeds Carrots - Radish - Toasted Sesame Seed Oil - Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/ Rapeseed) Sugar - Coriander Coconut Extract - Garlic Purée - Red Chill Purée Soybeans Dried Paprika Flakes Wheat (contains Gluten) - Cornflour - Lemongrass - Lime Leaves Turmeric Black Sesame Seeds Ground Cayenne Pepper Potato Starch. PEANUT, COCONUT AND CHILLI DRESSING contains Water Peanuts Coconut Extract - Sugar Lime Juice - Garlic Purée - Red Chilli Purée Salt Lemongrass Ginger Purée - Lime Leaves Cornflour Coriander Soybeans Wheat (contains Gluten) Stabiliser: Pectin Turmeric Palm Oil. Peanut TRAY Recycle Oil - Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed). LID Recycle not . . . . . For allergens see ingredients in bold. Not suitable for those with a Nut allergy. . .

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 61st. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29075782, 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.