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Is Sainsbury's Lightly Dusted Cod Fillets ultra-processed?

Fish fillets Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Lightly Dusted Cod Fillets

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 32 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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), Rapeseed Oil, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Breadcrumb (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Potato, Maize Flour, Cornflour, Salt, Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Black Pepper, Onion, Garlic, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Cider Vinegar, Sugar), Wheat Starch, Salt, Paprika

As written on the pack

Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) (Fish) (75%), Rapeseed Oil, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Breadcrumb (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Dehydrated Potato, Maize Flour, Cornflour, Salt, Skimmed Cows' Milk Powder, Black Pepper, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeast, Cider Vinegar, Sugar), Wheat Starch, Salt, Paprika.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

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

From least to most processed, this one ranks 110th. 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 00337175, last edited 6 May 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.