Is Marks & Spencers Lightly salted giant corn ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 3 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed nuts
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Corn 83%, sunflower oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker)
As written on the pack
Corn 83%, sunflower oil, salt
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.
- 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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 613 nuts
From least to most processed, this one ranks 295th. 30% of the nuts here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00043618, last edited 20 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.