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Is Marks & Spencer Traditional Potato Salad ultra-processed?

Potato salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Traditional Potato Salad

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed potato salads

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

Potatoes 57%, Mayonnaise 36% (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Vinegar, Soft Brown Sugar, Salt, Potato Starch, Citrus Fibre, Dried, Mustard, Egg White, Allspice, Turmeric), Onions, Spring Onions, Single Cream, Chives, Parsley

As written on the pack

Potatoes (57%), Mayonnaise (36%) (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Vinegar, Soft Brown Sugar, Salt, Potato Starch, Citrus Fibre, Dried, Mustard, Dried Egg White, Ground Allspice, Turmeric), Onions, Spring Onions, Single Cream (Milk), Chives, Parsley

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 potato salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 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 00798532, last edited 20 August 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.