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Is Marks & Spencers Sweet & Sour Stir fry Sauce ultra-processed?

150g Sweet and sour sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencers Sweet & Sour Stir fry Sauce

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sauces

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Soft Brown Sugar, Concentrated Pineapple Juice 18%, Rice Vinegar, Tomatoes 6%, Tomato Purée, Ginger, Tomato Juice, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Salt, Mirin Rice Wine, White Pepper, Star Anise

As written on the pack

Water, Soft Brown Sugar, Concentrated Pineapple Juice (18%), Rice Vinegar, Tomatoes (6%), Tomato Purée, Ginger Purée, Tomato Juice, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Salt, Mirin Rice Wine, Ground White Pepper, Ground Star Anise.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 sweet and sour sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 88% of the sweet and sour sauces 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 17 sweet and sour sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29120222, last edited 26 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.