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Is Marks & Spencer Cheese flavour twists ultra-processed?

1 box, 125g Breadsticks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Cheese flavour twists

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 7 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed breadsticks

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

wheatflour, palm fat, coconut oil rapeseed oil flavouring salt, yeast barley malt flour, sugar emulsifier (e471 acidity regulator), citric acid

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

wheatflour (contains gluten) palm fat, coconut oil rapeseed oil flavouring salt, yeast barley malt flour (contains gluten), sugar emulsifier: e471 acidity regulator: citric acid

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.

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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 breadsticks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 18% of the breadsticks 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 55 breadsticks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29205561, last edited 19 September 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.