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Is Marks & Spencer M&S Food Smoky BBQ Pulled Chicken Pizza ultra-processed?

472 g Poultry meals Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer M&S Food Smoky BBQ Pulled Chicken Pizza

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 52 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat flour, Mozzarella cheese, Water, Tomatoes, Chicken Breast 5%, Rapeseed oil, red peppers 3.5%, Chicken thighs 3.5%, Onions 2.5%, Wheatflour, Tomato purée, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Partially inverted sugar syrup, Cornflour, Salt, Yeast (Yeast, Yeast), Durum Wheat Semolina, Demerara Sugar, Vinegar, Sugar, Maple Syrup, Yeast Extract, Spices (Smoked Paprika, Pimentoes, Black Pepper, Coriander, White Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chilli, Allspice), Lemon Juice, Natural Flavouring, Tomato powder, Basil, Olive oil, sea salt, wheat gluten, White Wine Vinegar, Garlic Purée, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Plain Caramel, Pectin, Malted wheatflour, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cider Vinegar, Coarse Black Pepper

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, Mozzarella cheese (Milk) (16%), Water, Tomatoes, Chicken Breast (5%), Rapeseed oil, Grilled red peppers (3.5%), Chicken thighs (3.5%), Onions (2.5%), Dried Fermented Wheatflour, Tomato purée, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Partially inverted sugar syrup, Cornflour, Salt, Yeast (Yeast, Dried Yeast), Durum Wheat Semolina, Demerara Sugar, Vinegar, Mesquite Smoked Sugar, Maple Syrup, Yeast Extract, Ground Spices (Smoked Paprika, Pimentoes, Black Pepper, Coriander, White Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Chilli Powder, Allspice), Lemon Juice, Natural Flavouring, Tomato powder, Basil, Olive oil, oak smoked sea salt, wheat gluten, White Wine Vinegar, Garlic Purée, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic, Smoked Dried Onions, Natural Colour: Plain Caramel), Gelling Agent :Pectin, Malted wheatflour, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cider Vinegar, Coarse 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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
6 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 233 poultry meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 205th. 78% of the poultry meals here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 233 poultry meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00185394, last edited 14 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.