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Is Marks & Spencer Mature British Cheddar ultra-processed?

330 g e Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer Mature British Cheddar

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chicken 25% (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Palm Oil Water, Mushrooms 5%, Single Cream, Whole Milk Cornflour, Onions, Potatoes, Butter, Rapeseed Oil Pasteurised Egg Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Bones), Salt, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Chicken (25%). Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine) Palm Oil Water. Mushrooms (5%) - Single Cream (Milk) (3%). Whole Milk Cornflour. Onions. Potatoes - Butter (Milk). Rapeseed Oil Pasteurised Egg Chicken Stock (Water · Chicken Bones) · Salt. Ground White Pepper. • For allergens see ingredients in bold.

What makes it processed

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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00362016, last edited 21 March 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.