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Is Marks & Spencer Moroccan style Fruity Couscous ultra-processed?

200g Prepared couscous Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Moroccan style Fruity Couscous

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Couscous 26% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Cooked Wheatflour Couscous 26% (Water Wheatflour), Chickpeas Roasted Red Onions (Red Onions Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil)), Raisins 6%, Dried Apricots, Cranberries 5% (Sugar Cranberries), Lemon Juice, Honey Coriander Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Concentrated Orange Juice Salt Ground Spices (Cinnamon Turmeric Cumin Coriander Smoked, Paprika Black Pepper Cayenne Pepper), Ginger Purée Garlic Purée

As written on the pack

Cooked Couscous (26%) (Durum Wheat Semolina (contains Gluten) - Water) Cooked Wheatflour Couscous (26%) (Water Wheatflour (contains Gluten)) Chickpeas Roasted Red Onions (Red Onions Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed)) Raisins (6%) Dried Apricots (contains Sulphites) (6%) Sweetened Dried Cranberries (5%) (Sugar Cranberries) Lemon Juice. Honey Coriander Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Concentrated Orange Juice Salt Ground Spices (Cinnamon Turmeric Cumin Coriander Smoked - . Paprika Black Pepper Cayenne Pepper) Ginger Purée Garlic Purée.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 16 prepared couscous

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 69% of the prepared couscous 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 16 prepared couscous, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00891615, last edited 27 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.
  • 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.