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Is Marks & Spencer Slow Cooked Mexican Style Tender British Beef ultra-processed?

385g Beef Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Slow Cooked Mexican Style Tender British Beef

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Beef 78%, Water Tomato Paste Ground Spices (Paprika, Cumin, Cayenne Pepper, Coriander Seeds, Chilli, Smoked Paprika, Black Pepper), Rapeseed Oil Garlic Purée Lime Juice Demerara Sugar Barley Malt Vinegar* Beef Stock (Water, Beef, Bones, Shiitake Mushrooms, Seaweed, Tomato Purée, Onions, Carrots, White Wine Vinegar), Salt Cornflour Concentrated Orange Juice Sugar Acidity Regulator (Sodium Bicarbonate Dried Oregano Orange Zest, Smoked Water Chilli Flakes Lime Zest Caramelised Sugar Syrup)

As written on the pack

Beef (78%) Water Tomato Paste Ground Spices (Paprika, Cumin, Cayenne Pepper, Coriander Seeds, Chilli Powder, Smoked Paprika, Black Pepper) Rapeseed Oil Garlic Purée Lime Juice Demerara Sugar Gluten Free Barley Malt Vinegar* Beef Stock (Water, Beef, Bones, Shiitake Mushrooms, Seaweed, Tomato Purée, Onions , Carrots, White Wine Vinegar) Salt Cornflour Concentrated Orange Juice Sugar Acidity Regulator: Sodium Bicarbonate Dried Oregano Orange Zest. Smoked Water Chilli Flakes Lime Zest Caramelised Sugar Syrup.

Among 103 beef

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 49% of the beef 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 103 beef, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29352678, 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.