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Is Marks & Spencer Ploughman's chutney ultra-processed?

305 g Chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer Ploughman's chutney

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed plant-based spreads

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

Sugar, Carrots 15%, Onions, Barley Malt Vinegar, Swede 7%, Courgettes, Gherkins 5%, Cornflour, Tomato Paste, Barley Malt Extract, Date Paste, Bramley Apples, Salt, Garlic Purée, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Spices (Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Cloves, Coriander, Cumin, Paprika, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Pimentoes, Fenugreek)

As written on the pack

Sugar · Carrots (15%) · Onions · Barley Malt Vinegar · Swede (7%) · Courgettes · Gherkins (5%) · Cornflour · Tomato Paste · Barley Malt Extract · Date Paste · Bramley Apples · Salt · Garlic Purée · Concentrated Lemon Juice · Ground Spices (Cinnamon · Ginger · Nutmeg · Cloves · Coriander · Cumin · Paprika · Black Pepper · Cayenne Pepper · Pimentoes · Fenugreek).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 56 chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 41% of the chutneys 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 56 chutneys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00738187, last edited 14 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.