Is Marks & Spencer Food utternut, Almond & Pecan Nut Roast ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 40 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Red Wine 20%, Thyme Gravy 20%, Onions Cooked Bulgur allergy Wheat 11% (Bulgur Wheat, Water), Cannellini Beans 11%, Butternut Squash 7%, Red Kidney Beans, Almonds 4.5%, Dried Apricots, Pecan Nuts 3.5%, Cranberries 3.5% (Sugar Cranberries), Water (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Spinach Maple Syrup Orange Zest Sage Salt, Potato Starch Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Garlic Purée, Sugar (processing marker), Lemon Juice Raising Agent (e450 (ultra-processing marker)), Sodium Bicarbonate Ground Black Pepper Yeast Cornflour, red wine, THYME GRAVY contains Water Red Wine, Onions Sugar Yeast Extract, Vegetable Stock (Water Leeks, Onions Carrots Tomato Purée, Parsley White Peppercorns Bay Leaves), Cornflour Garlic Purée, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Salt Thyme Ground Black Pepper
Additives: E450 Diphosphates
As written on the pack
Red Wine and Thyme Gravy (20%) Onions Cooked Bulgur allergy Wheat (11%) (Bulgur Wheat (contains Gluten) Water). Cannellini Beans (11%) Butternut Squash (7%) Red Kidney Beans. Almonds (4.5%) Dried Apricots (contains Sulphites) (4%) Pecan Nuts (3.5%) Sweetened Dried Cranberries (3.5%) (Sugar Cranberries). Water. Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Spinach Maple Syrup Orange Zest Sage Salt. Potato Starch Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Garlic Purée. Sugar - Lemon Juice Raising Agent: E450, Sodium Bicarbonate Ground Black Pepper Yeast Cornflour. RED WINE AND THYME GRAVY contains Water Red Wine (contains Sulphites) Onions Sugar Yeast Extract. Vegetable Stock (Water Leeks. Onions Carrots Tomato Purée. Parsley White Peppercorns Bay Leaves) Cornflour Garlic Purée. Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed). Salt Thyme Ground Black Pepper.
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00660532, last edited 2 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.