Is Marks & Spencer Chicken Shawarma With Zesty Garlic Yogurt Dressing ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 46 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Chicken Legs 77%, Water, Lemon 6%, Garlic Yogurt Dressing 6%, Spices (Cumin, Smoked Paprika, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, black pepper, star anise, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, coriander seeds, ginger), ginger, sugar (processing marker), garlic purée, salt (processing marker), lemon juice, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Dried Garlic, Preserved Lemons, Preservative (processing marker) (e223), Herbs (Bay Leaves, Mint, Basil, Parsley), Dried Onions, Sea Salt (processing marker), Black Onion Seeds, Red peppers, red chillies, water, lemon juice, rapeseed oil, sugar (processing marker), cornflour, garlic purée, white wine vinegar, lemon zest, salt (processing marker), parsley
Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite
As written on the pack
Chicken Legs (77%), Water, Lemon and Garlic Yogurt Dressing (6%), Ground Spices (Cumin, Smoked Paprika, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, black pepper, star anise, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, coriander seeds, ginger) ginger purée, sugar, garlic purée, salt, lemon juice, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Dried Garlic, Preserved Lemons, Preservative: E223 (Sulphites)), Dried Herbs (Bay Leaves, Mint, Basil, Parsley) Dried Onions, Sea Salt, Black Onion Seeds, Dried Red peppers, dried red chillies, sunflower oil Lemon and Garlic yogurt dressing contains yogurt (milk), water, lemon juice, rapeseed oil, sugar, cornflour, garlic purée, white wine vinegar, lemon zest, salt, parsley)
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29148691, 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.