Is Marks & Spencer Honey roast ham and farmhouse cheddar cheese on soft oatmeal bread ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Colour
- Emulsifier
- E160c Paprika extract
- E170 Calcium carbonates
- E451 Triphosphates
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- and 1 more
- 31 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Honey Roast Ham 25% (Pork 93%, Honey Curing Salt (Salt Preservative (Sodium Nitrite)), Demerara Sugar Stabiliser (e451 Antioxidant), e301, with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate (ultra-processing marker), Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese, Water Full Fat Soft Cheese, Oatmeal Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Bran, Yeast (Yeast Vitamin D Yeast), Salt Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Cornflour Dried Egg Wheat Gluten, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), e472e White Wine Vinegar, Malted Barley Flour, Cracked Black Pepper Concentrated Lemon Juice, Sugar Mustard Extract Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid Palm Oil Palm Fat, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker)), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E451 Triphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Honey Roast Ham (25%) (Pork (93%) - Honey Curing Salt (Salt Preservative: Sodium Nitrite) Demerara Sugar Stabiliser: E451 Antioxidant: E301) Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Farmhouse Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (16%) Water Full Fat Soft Cheese (Milk) Oatmeal Rapeseed Oil. Wheat Bran (contains Gluten) Yeast (Yeast Vitamin D Yeast) Salt Pasteurised Egg Yolk. • • • Cornflour Dried Egg Wheat Gluten. . • Emulsifier: E471, E472e White Wine Vinegar. Malted Barley Flour (contains Gluten) Cracked Black Pepper Concentrated Lemon Juice. Sugar Mustard Extract Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid Palm Oil Palm Fat. Wheat Starch (contains Gluten) Colour: Paprika Extract. • •
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.
- E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
- E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
Among 18 club sandwiches
From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 100% of the club sandwiches here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00818506, last edited 28 July 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.