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Is Marks & Spencers Roasted Falafel spinach wrap ultra-processed?

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Pack of Marks & Spencers Roasted Falafel spinach wrap

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Pine Kernel Falafels 18% (Water, Chickpeas, Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Spinach, Carrots, Potatoes, Pine Kernels, Spices (Cumin, White Pepper), Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Sodium Bicarbonate, Coriander, Parsley, Dried Garlic), Water, Red Cabbage, Olive Oil, Feta Cheese, Cucumber, Spinach 4.5%, Palm Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Sugar, Parsley, Rapeseed Oil, Sodium Bicarbonate, e450, Malic Acid, Salt, Parsley, Spinach, Cornflour, Cracked Black Pepper

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheatflour contains Gluten (With Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) • Pine Kernel Falafels (18%) (Water • Chickpeas • Rapeseed Oil • Onions • Spinach • Carrots • Dried Potatoes • Pine Kernels • Ground Spices (Cumin • White Pepper) • Salt • Concentrated Lemon Juice • Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate • Coriander • Parsley • Dried Garlic) • Water • Red Cabbage • Olive Oil • Feta Cheese (Milk) (7%) • Cucumber • Spinach (4.5%) • Palm Oil • White Wine Vinegar • Lemon Juice • Sugar • Parsley • Rapeseed Oil • Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate, E450, Malic Acid • Salt • Dried Parsley • Dried Spinach • Cornflour • Cracked Black Pepper. For allergens see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00683470, last edited 19 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.