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Is Marks & Spencers Sweet potato fries ultra-processed?

500 g Sweet potato fries Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencers Sweet potato fries

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chips and fries

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

Sweet Potatoes 87%, vegetable Oil (Sunflower vegetable Oil, Rapeseed vegetable Oil), Potato Starch, Rice Flour, cornflour Amaranth Flour, Salt, Ground, Paprika, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Black Pepper, paprika Extract

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Sweet Potatoes (87%), vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed), Potato Starch, Rice Flour, cornflour Amaranth Flour. Salt, Ground, Paprika, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions. Ground Black Pepper, paprika Extract.

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.

3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 sweet potato fries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 90% of the sweet potato fries 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 10 sweet potato fries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00841955, last edited 13 April 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.