Is Sainsbury's Cod Fishcakes ultra-processed?

Fish fillets Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

44 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed fish 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

Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua), Potato 22%, Breadcrumb 16% (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Salt (processing marker), Cider Vinegar, Wheat Flour), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Potato Flake, Cornflour, Parsley, Salt (processing marker), Paprika, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Fish Stock (Water, Potato, Salt (processing marker), Fish, Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua), Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Dried Onion, Anchovy (Engraulidae), Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Black Pepper, White Pepper

As written on the pack

Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) (Fish) (38%), Potato (22%), Breadcrumb (16%) (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Yeast, Salt, Cider Vinegar, Wheat Flour), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Potato Flake, Cornflour, Parsley, Salt, Paprika, Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Fish Stock (Water, Reconstituted Dried Potato, Salt, Fish Powder, Reconstituted Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) (Fish), Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Dried Onion, Anchovy (Engraulidae) (Fish), Sunflower Oil), Black Pepper, White Pepper.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 174 fish fillets

From least to most processed, this one ranks 113th. 32% of the fish 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 174 fish fillets, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01863819, last edited 29 July 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.