Is Marks & Spencers Chicken & Bacon Caesar Wrap ultra-processed?

Chicken wraps Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E450 Diphosphates

32 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed chicken wraps

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

Roast Chicken Breast 18%, Lettuce 12%, Water Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Smoked British Bacon 5% (Pork Belly (made with 185g of Raw Pork per 100g of Cooked Bacon), Curing Salt (Salt Preservative (Sodium Nitrate (processing marker)), Sodium Nitrite), Sugar Flavouring Antioxidant (e301)), Hard Cheese (processing marker), Spinach Palm Oil Lemon Juice Pasteurised Egg Yolk Humectant (Glycerol Malted Wheatflakes, Olive Oil Sugar Salt, Raising Agent), Sodium Bicarbonate, e450 Anchovies, White Wine Vinegar Cornflour Sprouted Buckwheat Seeds Sprouted Spelt Flour, Wheatflour, Rapeseed Oil, Chicken Stock (Water Chicken Bones Seaweed Chicken Skin Yeast Extract Shiitake Mushrooms Sugar), Garlic Purée Acidity Regulator (Malic Acid Potato Starch Vinegar Dried Mustard Coarse Black Pepper Wheatgerm, Mustard Husk Wheat Starch, Turmeric Ground Pimento, ·, ingredients in bold)

Additives: E251 Sodium nitrate , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E450 Diphosphates.

As written on the pack

Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Roast Chicken Breast (18%) Lettuce (12%) Water Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Smoked British Bacon (5%) (Pork Belly (made with 185g of Raw Pork per 100g of Cooked Bacon) Curing Salt (Salt Preservative: Sodium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite) Sugar Flavouring Antioxidant: E301) Italian Hard Cheese (Milk) Spinach Palm Oil Lemon Juice Pasteurised Egg Yolk Humectant: Glycerol Malted Wheatflakes (contain Gluten) Olive Oil Sugar Salt. Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate, E450 Anchovies (Fish) White Wine Vinegar Cornflour Sprouted Buckwheat Seeds Sprouted Spelt Flour (Wheat contains Gluten) Sprouted Wheatflour (contains Gluten) Rapeseed Oil - Chicken Stock (Water Chicken Bones Seaweed Chicken Skin Yeast Extract Shiitake Mushrooms Sugar) Garlic Purée Acidity Regulator: Malic Acid Potato Starch Vinegar Dried Mustard Coarse Black Pepper Wheatgerm (contains Gluten) Mustard Husk Wheat Starch (contains Gluten) Turmeric Ground Pimento. • • • • . · • • • • • . . • • ingredients in bold

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.

E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.

E251 Sodium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 chicken wraps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 90% of the chicken wraps 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 20 chicken wraps, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00351416, last edited 10 May 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.