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Is Sainsbury's Prawn Cocktail ultra-processed?

170g Cooked Prawns Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Prawn Cocktail

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed prawns

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

Prawn 51% (Prawn (Pandalus borealis), Salt), Cocktail Sauce (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Free Range Egg Yolk (Free Range Egg Yolk, Salt), Sugar, Cornflour, Tomato Paste, Spirit Vinegar, Cider Vinegar, Worcester Sauce (Water, Granulated Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Onion, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Cloves, Ginger, Garlic Purée), Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice)

As written on the pack

Prawn (51%) (Prawn (Pandalus borealis) (Crustacean), Salt), Cocktail Sauce (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pasteurised Free Range Salted Egg Yolk (Free Range Egg Yolk, Salt), Sugar, Cornflour, Tomato Paste, Spirit Vinegar, Cider Vinegar, Vegetarian Worcester Sauce (Water, Granulated Sugar, Spirit Vinegar, Molasses, Onion Purée, Salt, Tamarind Paste, Cloves, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée), Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 cooked Prawns

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 0% of the cooked Prawns 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 8 cooked Prawns, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00328685, last edited 5 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.