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Is Nixe Herring Fillets in Egg Mustard ultra-processed?

200 g Herring Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Pack of Nixe Herring Fillets in Egg Mustard

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed herring

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

Herring Fillets 60%, Water, Mustard 12% (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Spices), Rapeseed Oil, Egg Yolk Powder 0.8%, Sugar, Salt, Maize Starch, Spices, Guar Gum, Maltodextrin, Acetic Acid

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

60% Herring Fillets (Fish), Water, 12% Mustard (Water, Mustard Seeds, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, Spices), Rapeseed Oil, 0.8% Egg Yolk Powder, Sugar, Salt, Maize Starch, Spices, Thickener: Guar Gum; Maltodextrin, Acidity Regulator: Acetic Acid.

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 herring

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 50% of the herring 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 24 herring, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489666004, 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.
  • 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.