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Is Pret a manger Scottish smoked salmon sandwich ultra-processed?

157.8g Smoked fishes Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed smoked fishes

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

Scottish Smoked Salmon Malted bread with smoked salmon and a squeeze of fresh lemon (Bones may remain), Bread, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Wheat (Wheat), Wheat Bran (Wheat), Yeast, Wheat Gluten (Wheat), Barley Malt Flour (Barley), Salt, emulsifiers (mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Rapeseed Oil, flour treatment agent (Ascorbic Acid), Smoked Salmon 42% (Salmon, Sea Salt), Butter, Lemon Juice, Single Cream, Seasoning (Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Rapeseed Oil), Starter Culture, 2, 9 Ke see are s conta

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Scottish Smoked Salmon Malted bread with smoked salmon and a squeeze of fresh lemon. (Bones may remain) Ingredients Malted Wholegrain Bread (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour (Wheat), Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Malted Wheat (Wheat), Wheat Bran (Wheat), Yeast, Wheat Gluten (Wheat), Barley Malt Flour (Barley), Salt, emulsifiers (Mono-and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono-and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Mono-and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Rapeseed Oil, flour treatment agent (Ascorbic Acid)), Smoked Salmon (42%) (Salmon (Fish), Sea Salt), Butter (Milk), Lemon Juice, Single Cream (Milk), Seasoning (Sea Salt, Black Pepper, Rapeseed Oil), Starter Culture. 2 (9 Ke see are s conta

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.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 62 smoked fishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 27% of the smoked fishes 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 62 smoked fishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059977003014, 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.
  • 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.