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Is Sainsbury's Breaded haddock fillets ultra-processed?

Frozen fishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Breaded haddock fillets

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed frozen 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

Haddock, Fortified wheat flour, Water, Rapeseed oil, Durum wheat semolina, Maize starch, Wheat gluten, Salt, Yeast extract, Onion powder, Yeast, Wheat flour, Cider vinegar, Garlic powder, Black pepper, Black pepper extract, Colour, Paprika extract

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Haddock Fortified wheat flour Water Rapeseed oil Durum wheat semolina Maize starch Wheat gluten Salt Yeast extract Onion powder Yeast Wheat flour Cider vinegar Garlic powder Black pepper Black pepper extract Colour Paprika 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 49 frozen fishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 78% of the frozen 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 49 frozen fishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01772814, last edited 29 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.