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Is Marks & Spencers M&S Food Spaghetti Carbonara ultra-processed?

400 g Microwave meals Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencers M&S Food Spaghetti Carbonara

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Pasta 47% (Durum Wheat Semolina Water), Semi Skimmed Milk Cooked Smoked M 0188 425 S Bacon 10% (Pork-Water Curing Salt (Salt Preservative Sodium Nitrite), Antioxidant (e301)), Single Cream, Parmesan Cheese, Mature Cheddar Cheese, Cornflour Rapeseed Oil Salt Garlic MIX Purée Coarse Black Pepper Ground Nutmeg

Additives: E301 Sodium ascorbate

As written on the pack

Cooked Pasta (47%) (Durum Wheat Semolina Water) Semi Skimmed Milk Cooked Smoked M 0188 425 S Bacon (10%) (Pork-Water Curing Salt (Salt Preservative Sodium Nitrite) Antioxidant: E301) Single Cream (Milk) (5%) Parmesan Cheese (Milk) (3%) Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) Cornflour Rapeseed Oil Salt Garlic MIX Purée Coarse Black Pepper Ground Nutmeg

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 351 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 79th. 72% of the microwave meals 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 351 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00188425, last edited 3 July 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.