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Is Marks & Spencers Vegetable Samosa ultra-processed?

Vegetable samosas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencers Vegetable Samosa

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetable samosas

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

Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Potatoes 9%, Cauliflower 9%, Spinach 7%, Carrots, Peas 4%, Green Beans, Coriander, Tomato Paste, Spices (Roasted Coriander Cayenne Pepper Turmeric Cardamom), Salt, Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Sugar, Garam Masala, Cumin, Cardamom Roasted Coriander, Black Pepper Sweet Cinnamon (Cassia), Fennel, Cloves, Mace, Ginger, Nutmeg, Spice Extracts, Bay Leaves, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cumin Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Dextrose, Bay Leaves, Wheat Starch

As written on the pack

Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Onions, Potatoes (9%), Cauliflower (9%), Spinach (7%), Carrots, Peas (4%), Green Beans, Coriander, Tomato Paste, Ground Spices (Roasted Coriander Cayenne Pepper Turmeric Cardamom), Salt, Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Sugar, Ground Garam Masala (Roasted Cumin. Cardamom Roasted Coriander - Black Pepper Sweet Cinnamon (Cassia), Fennel, Cloves, Mace, Ginger, Nutmeg, Spice Extracts, Bay Leaves, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Cumin Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Dextrose, Ground Bay Leaves, Wheat Starch (contains Gluten).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 9 vegetable samosas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 33% of the vegetable samosas 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 9 vegetable samosas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00545037, last edited 7 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.