Is Marks & Spencer Warming & Spicy Ginger & Cayenne Pepper ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

8 ingredients
1 additive

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Spring Water, Sugar (processing marker), Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Ginger 1.5%, Ginger Extract 1%, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Citric Acid, Cayenne Pepper

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Spring Water, Sugar, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Ginger Juice 1.5%, Ginger Extract 1%, Natural Flavourings, Citric Acid, Cayenne Pepper Extract

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29245963, 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.
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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.