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Is Morrisons Giant couscous (Dry) ultra-processed?

300 g Prepared couscous Sold in the United Kingdom and Italy

Pack of Morrisons Giant couscous (Dry)

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, meals, as at least group 3.

  • 1 ingredient
  • No additives

Ingredients

wheat

As written on the pack

wheat

What makes it processed

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 16 prepared couscous

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 69% of the prepared couscous 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 16 prepared couscous, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251952992, last edited 27 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.