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Is Nutrient Dense M&S Food Satay Chicken, Black Rice & Mango ultra-processed?

290 g Pasta salad with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 57 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Black Rice 29% (Water, Black Rice), Seeded Peanut, Lime 17%, Soy Dressing 17%, Chicken Breast 16%, Spinach, Mango 5%, Vinegar Infused Carrots (Carrots, Apple Cider Vinegar, Mirin Rice Wine), Cabbage, Carrots, Spring Onions, Onions, Coriander, Mint, Red Chillies, Lemongrass, Galangal, Turmeric, Lime Juice, Date, Garlic Purée, Sea Salt, Seeded Peanut, · Water, Lime Juice, Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water), Cooked Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Water), Mirin Rice Wine, Shio Koji (Koji Rice, Water, Salt), Pine Kernels, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Date, Lemongrass, Galangal, Ginger, Sea Salt, Red Chillies, Anchovies, Soybeans, Coriander, Salt, Turmeric, Lime Leaves, Vinegar

As written on the pack

Cooked Black Rice (29%) (Water · Black Rice) · Seeded Peanut, Lime and Soy Dressing (17%) · Chicken Breast (16%) · Spinach · Mango (5%) · Vinegar Infused Carrots (Carrots · Apple Cider Vinegar · Mirin Rice Wine) · Cabbage · Carrots · Spring Onions · Onions · Coriander · Mint · Red Chillies · Lemongrass · Galangal · Turmeric · Lime Juice · Date Syrup · Garlic Purée · Sea Salt. Seeded Peanut, Lime and Soy Dressing contains Peanuts · Water · Lime Juice · Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract · Water) · Cooked Chickpeas (Chickpeas · Water) · Mirin Rice Wine · Shio Koji (Koji Rice · Water · Salt) · Pine Kernels · Pumpkin Seeds · Sunflower Seeds · Date Syrup · Lemongrass · Galangal · Ginger · Sea Salt · Red Chillies · Anchovies (Fish) · Soybeans · Ground Coriander · Salt · Turmeric · Lime Leaves · Vinegar.

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.

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 9 pasta salad with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 78% of the pasta salad with chicken 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 pasta salad with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29494828, last edited 7 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.