Is Marks & Spencer Chicken & kimchi wrap ultra-processed?

Wraps Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Gluten
Vegetable fiber
E160c Paprika extract
E450 Diphosphates
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
and 1 more

38 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed wraps

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, Roast Chicken Breast 20%, Water White Cabbage Kimchi 5% (Chinese Cabbage White Radish Garlic Purée Onions Ginger Purée Dried Red Peppers Water, Salt (processing marker), Soybeans Chilli Powder Salt Vinegar), Carrots 5% (Carrots Water Rice Wine Vinegar Sugar Salt), Spinach Red Cabbage, Sauerkraut (White Cabbage White Wine Salt), Palm Oil Rapeseed Oil, Vinegar (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Wheat Fibre (ultra-processing marker) (contains, 6 $, Gluten (ultra-processing marker)), Coriander-Garlic Purée Cornflour Humectant (Glycerol Salt Raising Agent), e450 (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Bicarbonate Pasteurised Egg Yolk Onions Sugar Citrus Fibre Chicken Stock (Water Chicken Bones Seaweed Chicken Skin-Yeast Extract Shiitake Mushrooms Sugar), Ginger Purée Dried Egg, Acidity Regulator (Malic Acid), Potato Starch White Wine Vinegar, Chilli Powder Emulsifier (e471 Stabiliser), e466 (ultra-processing marker), Xanthan Gum Concentrated Lemon Juice Mustard Extract Wheat Starch, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), ® Ⓡ Ⓡ ● Ⓡ Ⓡ e Ⓡ Ⓡ @ ● NU Ser Тур Ene En Fa of Ca O Fi Pr Sa Re E Sä RES)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E296 Malic acid , E450 Diphosphates , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , 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

Wholemeal Wheatflour (contains Gluten) Roast Chicken Breast (20%) - Water White Cabbage Kimchi (5%) (Chinese Cabbage White Radish Garlic Purée Onions Ginger Purée Dried Red Peppers Water · Salt . Soybeans Chilli Powder Salt Vinegar). Pickled Carrots (5%) (Carrots Water Rice Wine Vinegar Sugar Salt). Spinach Red Cabbage - Sauerkraut (White Cabbage White Wine Salt) Palm Oil Rapeseed Oil. Vinegar . Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Wheat Fibre (contains * . . * 6 $ • Gluten) Coriander-Garlic Purée Cornflour Humectant: Glycerol Salt Raising Agent: E450, Sodium Bicarbonate Pasteurised Egg Yolk Onions Sugar Citrus Fibre Chicken Stock (Water Chicken Bones Seaweed Chicken Skin-Yeast Extract Shiitake Mushrooms Sugar). Ginger Purée Dried Egg - Acidity Regulator: Malic Acid - Potato Starch White Wine Vinegar - Chilli Powder Emulsifier: E471 Stabiliser: E466, Xanthan Gum Concentrated Lemon Juice Mustard Extract Wheat Starch (contains Gluten) Colour: Paprika Extract. For allergens see ingredients in bold. ® Ⓡ Ⓡ ● Ⓡ Ⓡ e Ⓡ Ⓡ @ ● NU Ser Тур Ene En Fa of Ca O Fi Pr Sa Re E Sä RES

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

2 ingredients that would only make it processed

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.
Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 wraps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 66th. 92% of the wraps 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 89 wraps, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29320486, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.