Is Marks & Spencer Rollmop Herrings ultra-processed?

280 g Pickled herring Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Sauce

15 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed fishes

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

Herring 51%, Marinade (processing marker) 39% (Water, Sugar (processing marker), White Wine Vinegar, Salt (processing marker), Antioxidant (Tartaric Acid)), Gherkin 4%, Shallots 4%, Yellow Mustard Seeds, Dill, Onion Extract, Allspice, Acetic Acid

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid

As written on the pack

Herring (51%), Marinade (39%) (Water ,Sugar, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Antioxidant: Tartaric Acid), Gherkin (4%), Shallots (4%), Yellow Mustard Seeds, Dill, Onion Extract, Allspice Extract, Acetic Acid.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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 8 pickled herring

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 38% of the pickled herring 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 8 pickled herring, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00068789, last edited 19 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.