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Is Marks & Spencers Green Goddess Slaw ultra-processed?

270 g Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencers Green Goddess Slaw

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Cabbage 22%, Mayonnaise 21% (Yogurt, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Honey, Vinegar, White Wine Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt, Mustard, Citrus Fibre, Egg White, Allspice, Turmeric), Broccoli 12%, Celeriac, Apples, Spinach, Salad Onions, Avocado 3%, Olive Oil, Pumpkin Seeds, Lemon Juice, Chives, Concentrated Apple Juice, White Wine Vinegar, Dill, Parsley, Mint, Coriander, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée, Cracked Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Cabbage (22%), Mayonnaise (21%) (Yogurt (Milk), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Potato Starch, Honey, Vinegar, White Wine Vinegar, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Salt, Dried Mustard, Citrus Fibre, Dried Egg White, Allspice, Turmeric), Broccoli (12%), Celeriac (Celery) (9%), Apples, Spinach, Salad Onions, Avocado (3%), Olive Oil, Pumpkin Seeds, Lemon Juice, Chives, Concentrated Apple Juice, White Wine Vinegar, Dill, Parsley, Mint, Coriander, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Roasted Garlic Purée, Cracked Black Pepper.

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.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 99th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00399500, last edited 24 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.