Is Piri Piri 2 Infused Salmon Fillets ultra-processed?

Salmon fillets Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
Glucose syrup
E160c Paprika extract

24 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed salmon fillets

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

salmon (Salmo salar), piri piri marinade 12% (Water, Salt (processing marker), Stabilisers (Sodium Acetate), Sodium Carbonates, Sodium Citrates, Sugar (processing marker), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Chillies, Paprika, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic, Tomato, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Acid (Citric Acid), Antioxidants (Ascorbic Acid), Sodium Ascorbate, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Spice Extract)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E262 Sodium acetates , E262i Sodium acetate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E301 Sodium ascorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

SALMON (Salmo salar) (Fish) (88%), PIRI PIRI MARINADE (12%) (Water, Salt, Stabilisers: Sodium Acetate, Sodium Carbonates, Sodium Citrates; Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Ground Chillies, Ground Paprika, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic, Tomato Powder, Dextrose, Acid: Citric Acid; Antioxidants: Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Ascorbate; Paprika Extract, Spice 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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.

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.
Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

2 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 salmon fillets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 32% of the salmon fillets 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 28 salmon fillets, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600126074, last edited 1 August 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.