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Is Marks & Spencers Super Nutty Wholefood ultra-processed?

230g Prepared salads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencers Super Nutty Wholefood

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Quinoa 20% (Water, Quinoa Seeds), Black Beans, Edamame Soybeans 11%, Spelt (Water, Spelt), Carrots, Broccoli, Peanuts 4%, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Green Beans, Almonds 2.5%, Sugar, Pumpkin Seeds, Pistachio Nuts 1.5%, Concentrated Apple Juice, Ginger, Rice Vinegar, Coriander, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Lime Juice, Pomegranate Juice, Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Soybeans, Lemon Juice, Wheat, Red Chilli Purée, Garlic Purée

As written on the pack

Cooked Quinoa (20%) (Water, Quinoa Seeds), Black Beans, Edamame Soybeans (11%), Cooked Spelt (Water, Spelt (Wheat contains Gluten)), Carrots, Broccoli, Peanuts (4%), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed), Green Beans, Almonds (2.5%), Sugar, Pumpkin Seeds, Pistachio Nuts (1.5%), Concentrated Apple Juice, Ginger Purée, Rice Vinegar, Coriander, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Lime Juice, Concentrated Pomegranate Juice, Red Wine Vinegar, Cornflour, Soybeans, Lemon Juice, Wheat (contains Gluten) Red Chilli Purée, Garlic Purée.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 224 prepared salads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 60% of the prepared salads 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 224 prepared salads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00797016, last edited 23 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.