Is Marks & Spencer king prawn pad thai ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 24 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score A
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Rice Noodles 35% (Water, Rice Flour), Beansprouts 14%, Cooked King Prawns, Egg 6%, Water, Carrots, Rapeseed Oil Roasted Nibbed Peanuts 3.5%, Onions Brown Sugar Fish Sauce (Anchovies, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker)), Tamarind, Sugar Salt Dark Soy Sauce (Water Soybeans Wheat, Salt (processing marker)), Garlic Purée Toasted Sesame Oil Lime Juice, Coriander Cornflour, Red Chillies Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Chilli, Onion Extract
As written on the pack
Cooked Rice Noodles (35%) (Water · Rice Flour). Beansprouts (14%). Cooked King Prawns (Crustacean) (12%) Pasteurised Egg (6%) Water - Carrots. Rapeseed Oil Roasted Nibbed Peanuts (3.5%) Onions Brown Sugar Fish Sauce (Anchovies (Fish) Salt - Sugar) - Tamarind Extract - Sugar Salt Dark Soy Sauce (Water Soybeans Wheat (contains Gluten) Salt) Garlic Purée Toasted Sesame Oil Lime Juice - Coriander Cornflour. Red Chillies Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Chilli Powder - Onion Extract.
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29400065, last edited 25 May 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.