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Is Marks & Spencers Rich & Creamy Fish Pie ultra-processed?

400 g Frozen ready-made meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencers Rich & Creamy Fish Pie

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Potatoes 37%, Whole Milk, Cod, Haddock 8% (Haddock, Water, Salt), King Prawns, Scottish Salmon, Scallops, Double Cream, West Country Butter, Fish Stock (Water, Fish Bones, Prawn Shells, Onions, White Wine, Carrots, Salt, Leeks, Tomato Paste, Fennel, Lemon Juice, Parsley, Dried Thyme, Garlic, Bay Leaves, Black Peppercorns, White Peppercorns), Wheatflour, Potatoes, Butter, Cornflour, Sea Salt, West Country Mature Cheddar Cheese, Sauvignon Blanc White Wine, Lemon Juice, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil, Parsley, Salt, Sodium Bicarbonate, Garlic Purée, White Pepper, Olive Oil, Dill, Bay Leaves, Yeast

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Potatoes (37%) · Whole Milk · Cod (Fish) (8%) · Smoked Haddock (8%) (Haddock (Fish) (98%) · Water · Salt) · King Prawns (Crustacean) (7%) · Scottish Salmon (Fish) (6%) · Scallops (Mollusc) (4.5%) · Double Cream (Milk) · West Country Butter (Milk) · Fish Stock (Water · Fish Bones · Prawn Shells (Crustacean) · Onions · White Wine · Carrots · Salt · Leeks · Tomato Paste · Fennel · Lemon Juice · Parsley · Dried Thyme · Garlic · Ground Bay Leaves · Black Peppercorns · White Peppercorns) · Wheatflour* · Dried Potatoes · Butter (Milk) · Cornflour · Sea Salt · West Country Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) · Sauvignon Blanc White Wine · Lemon Juice · Smoked Water · Rapeseed Oil · Sunflower Oil · Parsley · Salt · Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate · Garlic Purée · Ground White Pepper · Olive Oil · Dill · Ground Bay Leaves · Yeast.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 84 frozen ready-made meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 69% of the frozen ready-made 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 84 frozen ready-made meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00485326, last edited 19 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.