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Is Marks & Spencers Chicken Caesar Shake-A-Salad ultra-processed?

Salads with meat Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencers Chicken Caesar Shake-A-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:

  • 59 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Salted Beef Brisket 27% (Beef Brisket 78%, Cornflour, Salt, Black Pepper, Sodium Nitrite), Spiced Mayonnaise Tomato allergy Dressing 22%, Lettuce, Vinegar Infused Cabbage 13% (Red Cabbage, Cider Vinegar, Sugar, Caraway Seeds, Smoked Paprika, Salt), Emmental Cheese, Spinach, Mixed Seeds (Sesame, Sunflower, Black Sesame, Golden Linseed, Kalonji), Roasted Garlic Purée Salt Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil ", Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil, Water Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Sugar, White Wine Vinegar, Egg, Vinegar, Salt, Citrus Fibre, Egg White), Soured Cream, Tomato Ketchup (Water Sugar, Tomato Purée, Vinegar, Cornflour, Salt, Dried Onions, Ground Cloves, Allspice), Cherkins, Onions, White Wine Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Garlic Purée, Water, Salt, Smoked Paprika, Tamarind, Mustard, Dill, Paprika, Cayenne Pepper, Rapeseed Oil

As written on the pack

Salted Beef Brisket (27%) (Beef Brisket (78%) .Cornflour. Salt. Ground Black Pepper, Preservative: Sodium Nitrite) Spiced Mayonnaise Tomato allergy Dressing (22%) Lettuce. Vinegar Infused Cabbage (13%) (Red Cabbage - Cider Vinegar, Sugar , Ground Caraway Seeds, Ground Smoked Paprika, Salt). Emmental Cheese (Milk) Spinach, Mixed Seeds (Sesame, Sunflower, Black Sesame. Golden Linseed, Kalonji) Roasted Garlic Purée Salt Cornflour - Rapeseed Oil " • Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil , Water Pasteurised Egg Yolk , Sugar, White Wine Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg , Vinegar, Salt, Citrus Fibre, Dried Egg White) Soured Cream (Milk) Tomato Ketchup (Water Sugar, Tomato Purée, Vinegar - Cornflour. Salt, Dried Onions, Ground Cloves, Ground Allspice) Cherkins, Onions, White Wine Vinegar. Lemon Juice, Roasted Garlic Purée, Water, Salt, Ground Smoked Paprika - Concentrated Tamarind, Dried Mustard, Dill, Dried Paprika Flakes, Ground Cayenne Pepper - Rapeseed Oil

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.
6 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • E250 Sodium nitrite 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 salads with meat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 67% of the salads with meat 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 27 salads with meat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29347599, last edited 28 September 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.