Is Marks & Spencers Roast Chicken & Avocado ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Gluten
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 48 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Marinated Roast British Chicken Breast 23% (Chicken Breast (Made with 143g Raw Chicken per 100g Cooked Chicken), Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Parmesan Cheese (processing marker), Salt Lemon Zest, Cornflour, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Bones, Seaweed, Yeast Extract, Shiitake Mushrooms), Coarse Black Pepper), Water, Avocado 14%, Malted Wheatflakes, Rapeseed Oil, Spinach, Lettuce, Wheat Bran, Cornflour, Lemon Juice, Salt (processing marker), Vinegar, Yeast (Yeast, Vitamin D, Yeast), Malted Barley, Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Egg, Wheat, Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Cracked Black Pepper, e472e (ultra-processing marker), e471 (ultra-processing marker), Malted Wheatflour, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Black Mustard Seeds, Sugar (processing marker), Mustard, Ascorbic Acid, Palm Oil, Palm Fat, Wheat Starch (processing marker)
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Marinated Roast British Chicken Breast (23%) (Chicken Breast (Made with 143g Raw Chicken per 100g Cooked Chicken) Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Parmesan Cheese (Milk), Salt Lemon Zest, Cornflour, Chicken Stock (Water, Chicken Bones, Seaweed, Yeast Extract, Shiitake Mushrooms), Coarse Black Pepper) Water, Avocado (14%), Malted Wheatflakes (contain Gluten), Rapeseed Oil, Spinach, Lettuce, Wheat Bran (contains Gluten), Cornflour, Lemon Juice, Salt, Vinegar, Yeast (Yeast, Vitamin D, Yeast), Malted Barley, Flour (contains Gluten), Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Pasteurised Egg, Wheat, Gluten, Cracked Black Pepper, Emulsifier: E472e, E471, Malted Wheatflour (contains Gluten), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Black Mustard Seeds, Sugar, Dried Mustard, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid, Palm Oil, Palm Fat, Wheat Starch (contains Gluten)
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 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.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 324 sandwiches
From least to most processed, this one ranks 137th. 82% of the sandwiches here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00062862, last edited 25 June 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.