Is Marks & Spencers Plant Kitchen No Chicken Kiev ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed meat analogues
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water soya protein 10% (with wheatflour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), rapeseed oil palm oil wheat gluten salt stabiliser (e461 (ultra-processing marker), garlic purée cornflour· soybean oil coconut oil parsley), lemon juice sugar, potato starch yeast extract flavouring dried onions dried tomatoes dried yeast ground paprika, dried garlic, cracked black pepper dried sage· preservative (lactic acid), carotenes ground black pepper· thickener, carrageenan (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E407 Carrageenan , E461 Methyl cellulose
As written on the pack
water soya protein (10%)· wheatflour contains gluten (with wheatflour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin) rapeseed oil palm oil wheat gluten salt stabiliser: e461 · garlic purée cornflour· soybean oil coconut oil parsley - lemon juice sugar · potato starch yeast extract flavouring dried onions dried tomatoes dried yeast ground paprika · dried garlic · cracked black pepper dried sage· preservative: lactic acid , colour: carotenes ground black pepper· thickener: carrageenan,
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- E461 Methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
Among 512 meat analogues
From least to most processed, this one ranks 205th. 80% of the meat analogues here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29027200, last edited 9 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.