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Is Marks & Spencer Breaded Chicken Nuggets ultra-processed?

Chicken nuggets Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer Breaded Chicken Nuggets

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed breaded chicken

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

Chicken Breast 57% (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water Rapeseed Oil Salt, Durum Wheat Semolina, Rice Flour Wheat Protein, Wheat Starch, Wheat Gluten Yeast Dried Vinegar Dried Garlic Dried Onions, Sugar, Yeast Extract Dried Lemon Ground White Pepper Herb Extract, Spice Extract Dried Sage

As written on the pack

Chicken Breast (57%) Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin). Water Rapeseed Oil Salt. Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) Rice Flour Wheat Protein (contains Gluten). Wheat Starch (contains Gluten) Wheat Gluten Yeast Dried Vinegar Dried Garlic Dried Onions · Sugar. Yeast Extract Dried Lemon Ground White Pepper Herb Extract . • Spice Extract Dried Sage. •

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 53 chicken nuggets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 87% of the chicken nuggets 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 53 chicken nuggets, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00595445, last edited 27 April 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.