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Is Marks & Spencer Potato salad vegan ultra-processed?

Potato salads Sold in Ireland

Pack of Marks & Spencer Potato salad vegan

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Baby Potatoes 66%, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Onions, Vinegar, Salad Onions, Sugar, Sea Salt, Chives, Cannellini Beans, Broad Bean Protein, White Wine Vinegar, Potato Starch, Mustard, Ground Pimentoes

As written on the pack

Baby Potatoes (66%) · Rapeseed Oil · Water · Onions · Vinegar · Salad Onions · Sugar · Sea Salt · Chives · Dried Cannellini Beans · Broad Bean Protein · White Wine Vinegar · Potato Starch · Dried Mustard · Ground Pimentoes

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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 28 potato salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 89% of the potato salads 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 28 potato salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00030861, last edited 30 September 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.