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Is Marks & Spencer Peppercorn sauce ultra-processed?

200 g Pepper sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Peppercorn sauce

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pepper sauces

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

beef stock (water, yeast extract, beef fat, beef bones, salt, tomato, concentrated carrot juice, black pepper, tomato paste, beef, onions, carrots), double cream, cornflour, butter, onions, brandy 2.5%, pink peppercorns, green peppercorns, cracked black pepper, salt, olive oil, black pepper, flavouring

As written on the pack

beef stock (water, yeast extract, beef fat, beef bones, salt, concentrated tomato, concentrated carrot juice, ground black pepper, tomato paste, beef, onions, carrots) double cream (milk) (12%), cornflour, butter (milk) (4.5%), onions, brandy (2.5%), pink peppercorns, green peppercorns, cracked black pepper, salt, olive oil, ground black pepper, flavouring

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 pepper sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 55% of the pepper sauces 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 11 pepper sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00701303, 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.