Is Marks & Spencers Chicken pasta salad ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 26 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Egg Pasta 37% (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water, Egg), Mayonnaise (processing marker) (Water Rapeseed Oil Sugar Pasteurised Egg Yolk Vinegar Citrus Fibre Salt Dried Egg White), Tomatoes, Chicken Breast 13%, Tomato Paste (Sundried Tomatoes, Sunflower Oil Tomatoes Sugar Salt Dried Garlic Dried Oregano, Basil), Tomato Ketchup (Water Sugar Tomato Purée, Vinegar, Cornflour Salt Dried Onions Ground Cloves Allspice), Spinach, Tomato Paste Basil Lemon Juice Cornflour, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Roasted Garlic Purée Parsley Salt Basil Infused Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Paprika Flakes Dried Oregano, Black Pepper
As written on the pack
Cooked Egg Pasta (37%) (Durum Wheat Semolina. Water. Pasteurised Egg) Mayonnaise (Water Rapeseed Oil Sugar Pasteurised Egg Yolk Vinegar Citrus Fibre Salt Dried Egg White) Tomatoes. Chicken Breast (13%) Sundried Tomato Paste (Sundried Tomatoes. Sunflower Oil Tomatoes Sugar Salt Dried Garlic Dried Oregano. Basil) Tomato Ketchup (Water Sugar Tomato Purée · Vinegar. Cornflour Salt Dried Onions Ground Cloves Allspice) Spinach. Tomato Paste Basil Lemon Juice Cornflour. Vegetable Oil • • • • • • • . • • • • • (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Roasted Garlic Purée Parsley Salt Basil Infused Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed) Paprika Flakes Dried Oregano. Ground Black Pepper. .
What makes it processed
Processed ingredients
Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Culinary ingredients
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
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.
Among 43 instant pasta
From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 60% of the instant pasta here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00187084, last edited 1 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.