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Is Marks & Spencers Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff ultra-processed?

380g Beef dishes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencers Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff

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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Rice 34% (Water, Brown Long Grain Rice, Wild Rice), Cooked Beef 18%, Water, Onions 9%, Spinach, Mushrooms 6%, Single Cream, Shallots, Beef Stock (Water, Beef Bones, Onions, Tomato Purée, Carrots, Leeks, Garlic, Parsley, Dried Rosemary, Bay Leaves, Thyme), Crème Fraîche, Brandy 1%, Cornflour, White Wine, Tomato Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Spices (Paprika, Black Pepper, Allspice, Turmeric), Mustard, Vinegar, Paprika, Mustard Husk

As written on the pack

Cooked Rice (34%) (Water, Brown Long Grain Rice, Wild Rice), Cooked Beef (18%), Water, Onions (9%), Spinach, Mushrooms (6%), Single Cream (Milk) (3.5%), Shallots, Beef Stock (Water, Beef Bones, Onions, Tomato Purée, Carrots, Leeks, Garlic, Parsley, Dried Rosemary, Ground Bay Leaves, Dried Thyme), Crème Fraîche (Milk), Brandy (1%), Cornflour, White Wine, Tomato Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Sugar, Ground Spices (Paprika, Black Pepper, Allspice, Turmeric), Dried Mustard, Vinegar, Paprika Flakes, Mustard Husk.

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.
  • 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 69 beef dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 55% of the beef dishes 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 69 beef dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00466691, last edited 20 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.