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Is Marks & Spencer Lentil Cottage Pie by Tom ultra-processed?

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Pack of Marks & Spencer Lentil Cottage Pie by Tom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potatoes 28%, Water Whole Milk Spinach 7%, Vegetable Stock (Water Onions Carrots Leeks Kelp, Shiitake Mushrooms Yeast Extract Salt Lemon Juice Ground Bay Leaves Ground White Pepper Ground Thyme), Red Wine 4.5%, Shallots 4%, Swede 4%, Mature Cheddar Cheese, Dark Speckled Lentils 3%, Onions Rapeseed Oil Butternut Squash 2%, Butter, Oats Garlic Purée Wheatflour, Cornflour Shiitake Mushrooms Salt, Sherry Vinegar Whipping Cream, Cracked Black Pepper Ground Spices (Allspice Cloves Nutmeg), Thyme Black Treacle Parsley Ground Bay Leaves, with Calcium, Iron, vitamins, vitamin B3, vitamin B1

As written on the pack

Potatoes (28%) Water Whole Milk Spinach (7%) Vegetable Stock (Water Onions Carrots Leeks Kelp. Shiitake Mushrooms Yeast Extract Salt Lemon Juice Ground Bay Leaves Ground White Pepper Ground Thyme) Red Wine (4.5%) Shallots (4%) Swede (4%) Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (3.5%) Dark Speckled Lentils (3%) Onions Rapeseed Oil Butternut Squash (2%) Butter (Milk) Oats Garlic Purée Wheatflour*. • Cornflour Shiitake Mushrooms Salt • • Sherry Vinegar Whipping Cream (Milk). Cracked Black Pepper Ground Spices (Allspice Cloves Nutmeg) Thyme Black Treacle Parsley Ground Bay Leaves. *Fortified with Calcium, Iron, Vitamin B3 and B1.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29420131, last edited 7 March 2025), 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.