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Is Pret A Manger Humous & Falafel Mezze Salad ultra-processed?

Lettuces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pret A Manger Humous & Falafel Mezze Salad

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:

  • 74 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed lettuces

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

Dressed Brown Rice (Brown Rice (Water, Brown Rice), Red Quinoa (Water, Red Quinoa), Lemon Juice, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Cracked Black Pepper), Humous 17% (Cooked Chickpeas (Water, Chickpeas), Rapeseed Oil, Sesame Seed Paste, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Water, Garlic Puree, Salt), Salad Vegetable Mix in varying proportions (Apollo Lettuce, Spinach, Red Chard, Red Salanova® Lettuce, Baby Red Leaf Lettuce), Sweet Potato Falafel 15% (Sweet Potato, Cooked Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Water), Onion, Potato, Coriander Leaf, Red Pepper, Salt, Cumin, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Rapeseed Oil, Paprika, Water, Smoked Paprika, Black Pepper, Dried Garlic, Coriander, Chilli), Cucumber, Lemon, Red Cabbage, Pomegranate Seeds, Carrot, Sugar, Parsley, Mint, Spirit Vinegar, Salt, French Dressing contains (Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil in varying proportions)), White Wine Vinegar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sugar, Sherry Vinegar, Water, Black Pepper, Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic Purée, colour (Plain Caramel), stabiliser (Xanthan Gum)

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Dressed Brown Rice (Cooked Brown Rice (Water, Brown Rice), Cooked Red Quinoa (Water, Red Quinoa), Lemon Juice, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Cracked Black Pepper), Humous(17%) (Cooked Chickpeas (Water, Chickpeas), Rapeseed Oil, Sesame Seed Paste (Sesame), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Water, Garlic Puree, Salt), Salad Vegetable Mix in varying proportions (Apollo Lettuce, Spinach, Red Chard, Red Salanova® Lettuce, Baby Red Leaf Lettuce), Sweet Potato Falafel(15%) (Sweet Potato, Cooked Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Water), Onion, Dried Potato, Coriander Leaf, Red Pepper, Salt, Cumin Powder, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Rapeseed Oil, Paprika, Water, Smoked Paprika, Black Pepper, Dried Garlic, Coriander Powder, Chilli Flakes),Cucumber, Lemon, Red Cabbage, Pomegranate Seeds, Carrot, Sugar, Parsley, Mint, Spirit Vinegar, Salt. French Dressing contains: (Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Oil and Rapeseed Oil in varying proportions), White Wine Vinegar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sugar, Sherry Vinegar, Water, Black Pepper, Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic Purée, colour (Plain Caramel), stabiliser (Xanthan Gum))

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 lettuces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 41% of the lettuces 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 22 lettuces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059977006008, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.